The brakes are Suntour Superbe, which are very nice/desirable brakes.Ĭranks are Triomphe and are probably original to the bike, I would also assume the shifters and front derailleur are as well. Your bike seems to have a number of different components from different Campagnolo groups. Yours is a lower model, possibly Columbus Tretubi - which means the three main tubes of the frame were Columbus and the rest of frame was some other tubing. Mine had Chrome on the fork crown, was all Columbus SL tubing and was spec'ed with a Campagnolo Nuovo Record group. I had a very similar Bianchi model to yours. The Gran Sport was released in 1973 and ended with the C-Record era in about 1985. The original Gran Sport was released in 1951 and continued to about 1967-1968 (possibly longer off catalog). As far as the Nuovo Gran Sport Derailleur, you are confusing Gran Sport with Nuovo Gran Sport. The handlebar was an ITM Europa and the stem was an ITM 200 with black Bianche engraving.

This meant Triomphe derailleurs and brakes (levers and calipers). The OEM spec for the Veloce was an entire Triomphe gruppo. ANY help would be appreciated as I'm dying to know what this bike really is.Īlso, sorry for the gigantic pictures, and for the subpar dusty lens cell phone picture quality. Also, the brakes have 'Superbe' printed on them, with 'sunTour' stamped on the part that rotates when the adjustment lever moves (sorry for my lack of knowledge, this is my first venture into the road biking world) Also, I could not find much serial number information on the internet, however, if anyone here can help or point me in the right direction.' 947' is stamped on the top left side of the seatpost tube, and '4.E' is stamped on the right. However, the handlebars say 'Sakae Japan', and the front of the stem reads 'Custom'. Here's some pictures: This bike also has campy cranks, pedals, and front derailleur. I've checked the campyonly timeline, which I believe puts my derailleur somewhere in the 50's-60's range, however I have no idea how old the bike is.

There might be a serial number stamped on the frame. Bike Forums has a subforum for identifying and appraising older.

I've been searching online for about two weeks now trying to figure out what it is, and I haven't had any luck. I picked this up for $140 from someone who found it in a barn. I belong to forums for Jeeps, Mountain Biking, Drums, and other things as well. This is my first thread on this forum, but I'm definitely not new to the message board world.

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