Puch Aspid = Bianchi Theridon?

[moosemoosemoo]

Hi all,

I just picked up this at the weekend and would love to know more about it. Of course, I'm going to treat it well (Billy Bonkers etc) so think of this as the 'before' picture!

So far my understanding goes as far as Bianchi made the Theridion (and Meta and Thymosus) which seems very similar to this. And if it is Bianchi why are there Puch stickers all over it?

 

[Tsundere]

It's like the chief designer at Puch saw a GT when coming out of the cinema after watching Crocodile Dundee and had the epiphany 'That's not a triple triangle... THIS is a triple triangle'.

 

[raidan73]

I saw way more Puch branded ones than Bianchi back in the day

 

[kingoffootball]

Just different branding of the same range. I have details about the models and groupsets somewhere, but there's a lot of information in the catalogue:

Bianchi, Puch, Legnano, Nth Catalog, c. 1988 or 1989

Here are 48 pages of Bianchi, Puch, Legnano, and Nth, including road, mountain, city, and trekking from about 1988. Includes full technical specs for 45 bikes. I think the catalog is from 1988 or 1989: it includes a bike with Dura Ace 7400 (produced until 1988 ), and Ultegra 6400 (first produced...

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[KermitGKona88]

Would be fantastic to find a Signature Max OR frame...

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I would find room for that

 

[legrandefromage]

There's a columbus tube version too

 

[kingoffootball]

There's a columbus tube version too

Yep, the Araneus. Cromor OR and XT.

 

[kingoffootball]

There's one branded as a Puch Theridion on Ebay at the moment:

Puch Theridion 1989 retro MTB bicycle Mountain Bike not Bianchi | eBay

PUCH Theridion Retro Circa 1989 Mountain Bike. Has spent most of its life hung up in the garage. FiR Italia 26in rims. Shimano Deore LX peddles.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[kingoffootball]

Not everyone is a fan:

the second worst bike in history

I've just gone and won a frameset on fleabay, it's my size and it cost me 24 poonds sterling. This is in part thanks to Jussa who bought and collected my GT lts1 frame off me, top bloke, he'll see the funny side in this even if no one else does... Although opinions differ slightly on these...

www.retrobike.co.uk

If you search for Biachi Ragno that will bring up more as that was the name of the range.