As mentioned on page one of this thread, my love for Bianchi bikes started with how impressive I found my friends mid 80s Bianchi road bike BITD. I didn’t just love the way it rode, I loved the way it looked.
While I’ve always loved that my 2019 dumpster dive produced a celeste green Bianchi MTB I’ve never been fond of the graphics/livery Bianchi went with for the 1990 lineup. I’ve always had it in the back of my mind: “I wonder how it would look if it had them same graphics/decals as the 86’-87’ bikes like my friends road bike and the first generation Super Grizzlys which I prefer much more?”
The other day it hit me while sipping a pint and waiting for some buddies to join up at the pub, maybe I should create my own downtube & seat tube decals in dark blue in the font/style I prefer most and find out? I started searching images on-line and after collecting some images of what I had in mind & creating some mock up images I shared my crazy idea with some of my collecting buddies and my wife & kids (who typically dig my efforts and have good taste IMHO). The feedback was mostly: both are good, maybe stick with the stock decals while only a couple agreed the new decals proposed were an improvement, but one wise person did say: “it’s your bike, who cares what others think?”
It’s true that we should please ourselves first I agree but we wouldn’t be sharing our builds with like minded collectors if we didn’t care at all what others think right?
Which brings me to a question, what do readers of this thread think? Knowing there is no going back now, finding repops of these decals would be unlikely and I don’t have the ability to create decals of this type. I’d never go back anyway, I love the result and new look, it’s the Bianchi look I always wanted.
Anyway, apart from the new home made decals, note the Bianchi branded celeste green chainstay protector, Syncros titanium seatpost (to match the Ti stem), silver/grey (M900 style) cable housings, M900 headset, Suntour wheel skewers and WTB grips have been some other recent updates.
While I’ve always loved that my 2019 dumpster dive produced a celeste green Bianchi MTB I’ve never been fond of the graphics/livery Bianchi went with for the 1990 lineup. I’ve always had it in the back of my mind: “I wonder how it would look if it had them same graphics/decals as the 86’-87’ bikes like my friends road bike and the first generation Super Grizzlys which I prefer much more?”
The other day it hit me while sipping a pint and waiting for some buddies to join up at the pub, maybe I should create my own downtube & seat tube decals in dark blue in the font/style I prefer most and find out? I started searching images on-line and after collecting some images of what I had in mind & creating some mock up images I shared my crazy idea with some of my collecting buddies and my wife & kids (who typically dig my efforts and have good taste IMHO). The feedback was mostly: both are good, maybe stick with the stock decals while only a couple agreed the new decals proposed were an improvement, but one wise person did say: “it’s your bike, who cares what others think?”
It’s true that we should please ourselves first I agree but we wouldn’t be sharing our builds with like minded collectors if we didn’t care at all what others think right?
Which brings me to a question, what do readers of this thread think? Knowing there is no going back now, finding repops of these decals would be unlikely and I don’t have the ability to create decals of this type. I’d never go back anyway, I love the result and new look, it’s the Bianchi look I always wanted.
Anyway, apart from the new home made decals, note the Bianchi branded celeste green chainstay protector, Syncros titanium seatpost (to match the Ti stem), silver/grey (M900 style) cable housings, M900 headset, Suntour wheel skewers and WTB grips have been some other recent updates.
