eBay-Sheldon: 55 cm Last of the Lugged Steel Bianchis?

[Sheldon Brown]

Trying to make room in my cellar and this very nice bike never really
fit me.

Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...

See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y

or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723

Sheldon "Thinning The Herd" Brown

Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com
Useful articles about bicycles and cycling
http://sheldonbrown.com

 

[Bill Sornson]

Sheldon Brown wrote:
> Trying to make room in my cellar and this very nice bike never really
> fit me.
>
> Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...
>
> See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y
>
> or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723
>
> Sheldon "Thinning The Herd" Brown

I can't wait for Press or Brandt to tell you to "take it to RB-Marketplace,
Spammer"! LOL

Bill "hmmm...one aluminum road bike, one carbon road bike; what's missing?"
S.

(And no, Mark, not Titanium!)

 

[Sheldon Brown]

Bill Sornson wrote:

> I can't wait for Press or Brandt to tell you to "take it to RB-Marketplace,
> Spammer"! LOL
>
> Bill "hmmm...one aluminum road bike, one carbon road bike; what's missing?"

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa...but I'll try to shift some of the blame
to Google Groups's confusing interface. I thought I was posting to
.../marketplace, only noticed the error a few milliseconds after
clicking on "Post message"

Sheldon "Oops" Brown
+------------------------------------+
| Love truth, but pardon error. |
| --Voltaire |
+------------------------------------+

 

[Bill Sornson]

Sheldon Brown wrote:
> Bill Sornson wrote:
>
>> I can't wait for Press or Brandt to tell you to "take it to
>> RB-Marketplace, Spammer"! LOL
>>
>> Bill "hmmm...one aluminum road bike, one carbon road bike; what's
>> missing?"

> Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa...but I'll try to shift some of the blame
> to Google Groups's confusing interface. I thought I was posting to
> ../marketplace, only noticed the error a few milliseconds after
> clicking on "Post message"

JFTR, I was kidding. I see no reason why it's inappropriate for a long-time
(and then some) regular like yourself to alert group members to such a sale.

Gorgeous bike; hope it finds a good new home...

Bill

 

[R Brickston]

On 11 Aug 2006 14:31:30 -0700, "Sheldon Brown"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Trying to make room in my cellar and this very nice bike never really
>fit me.
>
>Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...
>
>See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y
>
>or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723
>
>Sheldon "Thinning The Herd" Brown
>
>Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
> Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
> http://harriscyclery.com
> Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
> http://captainbike.com
> Useful articles about bicycles and cycling
> http://sheldonbrown.com

Is the shipping correct for this beast?

 

[Earl Bollinger]

It is a very nice bike.
How tall are you? I didn't know they made quill stems that were that long
before.

"Sheldon Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Trying to make room in my cellar and this very nice bike never really
> fit me.
>
> Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...
>
> See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y
>
> or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723
>
> Sheldon "Thinning The Herd" Brown
>
> Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
> Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
> http://harriscyclery.com
> Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
> http://captainbike.com
> Useful articles about bicycles and cycling
> http://sheldonbrown.com
>

 

[Sheldon Brown]

I spammed:

> > Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...
> >
> > See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y
> >
> > or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723

Earl Bollinger wrote:

> It is a very nice bike.
> How tall are you?

I'm 5'11" and it's all in my legs. I was running 150 mm cranks on that
bike for a while, which put my saddle even higher than usual, so I
really needed the tall stem.

Now that I'm crippled, my legs have become much weaker and this also
calls for a higher handlebar stem.

>I didn't know they made quill stems that were that long before.

That's a Nitto Technomic, the most popular stem we sell. A GREAT
product.

Sheldon "Can't Ride Fixed Anymore" Brown
(http://sheldonbrown.com/health if you care)
+---------------------------------------------------+
| As far as I know, none of my immigrant ancestors |
| arrived with a passport, visa nor work permit. |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com

 

[Kenny]

Sheldon Brown wrote:
> Trying to make room in my cellar and this very nice bike never really
> fit me.
>
> Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...
>
> See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y
>
> or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723

Strange, clicked on the link and saw the Ebay page but the photos
wouldn't load.

 

[Bill Sornson]

Kenny wrote:
> Sheldon Brown wrote:
>> Trying to make room in my cellar and this very nice bike never really
>> fit me.
>>
>> Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...
>>
>> See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y
>>
>> or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723
>
> Strange, clicked on the link and saw the Ebay page but the photos
> wouldn't load.

Worked fine just now (I clicked the full link, not the tinyurl one).

 

[Mike Jacoubowsky]

>> I can't wait for Press or Brandt to tell you to "take it to
>> RB-Marketplace,
>> Spammer"! LOL
>>
>> Bill "hmmm...one aluminum road bike, one carbon road bike; what's
>> missing?"
>
> Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa...but I'll try to shift some of the blame
> to Google Groups's confusing interface. I thought I was posting to
> ../marketplace, only noticed the error a few milliseconds after
> clicking on "Post message"
>
> Sheldon "Oops" Brown

You can always try usenet's "cancel" function, but it won't affect any of
the replies with your original message embedded.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

 

[Booker C. Bense]

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Mike Jacoubowsky <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I can't wait for Press or Brandt to tell you to "take it to
>>> RB-Marketplace,
>>> Spammer"! LOL
>>>
>>> Bill "hmmm...one aluminum road bike, one carbon road bike; what's
>>> missing?"
>>
>> Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa...but I'll try to shift some of the blame
>> to Google Groups's confusing interface. I thought I was posting to
>> ../marketplace, only noticed the error a few milliseconds after
>> clicking on "Post message"
>>
>> Sheldon "Oops" Brown
>
>You can always try usenet's "cancel" function, but it won't affect any of
>the replies with your original message embedded.
>

That hasn't really worked for over a decade. The internet is just
too fast these days and most nntp sites don't honor cancel messages
from remote sites any more since they are far too easy to
forge.

_ Booker C. Bense





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[Earl Bollinger]

"Sheldon Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I spammed:
>
>> > Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...
>> >
>> > See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y
>> >
>> > or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723
>
> Earl Bollinger wrote:
>
>> It is a very nice bike.
>> How tall are you?
>
> I'm 5'11" and it's all in my legs. I was running 150 mm cranks on that
> bike for a while, which put my saddle even higher than usual, so I
> really needed the tall stem.
>
> Now that I'm crippled, my legs have become much weaker and this also
> calls for a higher handlebar stem.
>
>>I didn't know they made quill stems that were that long before.
>
> That's a Nitto Technomic, the most popular stem we sell. A GREAT
> product.
>
> Sheldon "Can't Ride Fixed Anymore" Brown
> (http://sheldonbrown.com/health if you care)
> +---------------------------------------------------+
> | As far as I know, none of my immigrant ancestors |
> | arrived with a passport, visa nor work permit. |
> +---------------------------------------------------+
> Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
> Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
> http://harriscyclery.com
> Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
> http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com
>

Thanks, very interesting.
The pic, sort of, made it look like you might have been 7' tall.

 

[Diablo Scott]

Sheldon Brown wrote:
> Trying to make room in my cellar and this very nice bike never really
> fit me.
>
> Japanese lugged steel Bianchi Brava, tubular wheels, triple crank...
>
> See: http://tinyurl.com/zwa6y
>
> or: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290018418723


"Bianchi Brava 18-speed"

8-speed with a triple makes 24 unless there's some new convention for
not counting cross-chained cogs.

Best of luck with your procedure.