Well, the time has come where I've finally decided to build a slightly more efficient bicycle for my daily travels, and I've set my sights on the 2007 Bianchi Pista, which looks something like this:
I was quite surprised when I saw that they $579.99 retail on this chrome beast was for the complete instead of frame only like I had thought!
I plan on running it pretty much as it comes; fixxie and brakeless - but I'll still make some silly aesthetic upgrades such as a carbon fork, CK headset, Thomson post, new seat, that kinda nonsense. Try as I might to love a stock bike, the gucci bike nerd inside me takes over and I have to have a little bling
So, is there anything I should know about the Pista? Road/track really isn't my scene; i'm more of an urban/dj kinda guy so I figured asking you cats would be my best bet.
Finally, I'd ideally like to build her up with no out-of-pocket cost; so I need to sell off a large portion of my bike parts pile. I just have a few questions related to pricing on some of my more road-ish parts:
Anyone know how much I could fetch for a Dura Ace 7800 10s Shortie rear derailleur that has 11 miles on it?
Same for an Ultegra 8spd 11-25 cassette with 11 miles on it as well?
Thanks for your help guys!
I was quite surprised when I saw that they $579.99 retail on this chrome beast was for the complete instead of frame only like I had thought!
I plan on running it pretty much as it comes; fixxie and brakeless - but I'll still make some silly aesthetic upgrades such as a carbon fork, CK headset, Thomson post, new seat, that kinda nonsense. Try as I might to love a stock bike, the gucci bike nerd inside me takes over and I have to have a little bling
So, is there anything I should know about the Pista? Road/track really isn't my scene; i'm more of an urban/dj kinda guy so I figured asking you cats would be my best bet.
Finally, I'd ideally like to build her up with no out-of-pocket cost; so I need to sell off a large portion of my bike parts pile. I just have a few questions related to pricing on some of my more road-ish parts:
Anyone know how much I could fetch for a Dura Ace 7800 10s Shortie rear derailleur that has 11 miles on it?
Same for an Ultegra 8spd 11-25 cassette with 11 miles on it as well?
Thanks for your help guys!