My Bianchi NTH

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Just when I decided on selling some bikes that I wasn't particularly attached to in order to free up some space, this pops up:

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It’s a bit rusty but the drivetrain is in very good conditions for its age.


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I’m still not sure it’s just surface rust but I love NTHs so much I’m thinking of having it repainted and rebuilt from the ground up.
Still…one more project 😂
 
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Beautiful bike, worth the time.
Yes, it's very difficult to find any information.
And yes, they're beautiful. I love them too. Maybe one day I'll get one like this.
For now, I'll continue with my project, which I also love.
 

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Beautiful bike, worth the time.
Yes, it's very difficult to find any information.
And yes, they're beautiful. I love them too. Maybe one day I'll get one like this.
For now, I'll continue with my project, which I also love.
Thanks, I wish my NTH project was that far ahead. I’m focusing on my ‘88 Team Stumpjumper, then i will carefully tear it down and let a pro do some magic with the frame.
Since you’re mentioning Dario Acquaroli, next week we’ll be celebrating him with the Vintage Ride MTB 👍🏼
 
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Ah! That reminds me, back in January I missed a wonderful opportunity to get a Bianchi-Martini in Deddacciai tubing just like the one Dario Acquaroli wore at the 1996 U-23 World Cup.
I think it went to Canada, but I'm still crying over the missed opportunity.
🥺
 
Ah! That reminds me, back in January I missed a wonderful opportunity to get a Bianchi-Martini in Deddacciai tubing just like the one Dario Acquaroli wore at the 1996 U-23 World Cup.
I think it went to Canada, but I'm still crying over the missed opportunity.
🥺
Well, I lost the Bianchi, but thanks to that, I was able to get the Cinelli.
And honestly, the Bianchi hurts, but the Cinelli is a stylish and classy bike; I'm in love with it.
As we say in Spain: "No hay mal que por bien no venga" (every cloud has a silver lining).
 
Today a strange thing happened; strange and beautiful. But I would like to start from the beginning...

It was the early 90s, I was 13 at most and I spent the best part of my time listening to the Led Zeppelin and Queen cassettes that my cousin recorded for me. The rest of the time I was pedalling. I always pedalled and went by bike wherever I could, first with a BI.mx, the Bianchi BMX, and then with my dad's old Maffioletti road bike. The beginning of a long celeste thread that led me to love the old MTBs of the 80s/90s.

You can imagine the impact that a Bianchi NTH may have had on a little boy, light blue with fuchsia decals leaning against the box shutter of a neighbour (let's call him Mr.A) who I discovered at that moment to be an amateur cyclist in preparation for the upcoming race. The NTH was beautiful. So beautiful that I remember asking my parents to have one like that myself. I also remember my father's answer very well...

I saw that bike for a couple of years, before Mr.A moved on to the Trek team, run by a very famous local store. The “celeste Bianchi” has coloured my life, sometimes with old racing bikes that had seen better times, sometimes with city bikes of increasingly less convincing workmanship. Then, a short time ago, I finally found MY Bianchi NTH, the one I've always wanted and so a project began that led me to search for the pieces that completed my little two-wheeled grail. To complete the XTR M900 assembly, a couple of brifters was needed; there was no rush, I am well aware of the current quotations of the first XTRs and so I simply decided to take it easy and wait for the right opportunity. I didn't think that soon I would also find those, near me, with some spare parts and also at a good price. I agreed with the seller the date and time for the collection and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The moment came, a few hours ago.

I see a familiar face: it's a person I know but...of course, he lived near me. "I didn't know you were into bikes" he says. I answer that be might have somethingbto do with it, I remember very well he always had remarkable bikes: the first full-suspension I've ever seen was his Trek 9500. So I explain my project, show him the photos of the NTH and he immediately replies: "what a coincidence, I disassembled these from an NTH like that"

I didn't know the seller had an NTH and he insists: "No way! When it came out it cost like my car, I could never afford it but at the end of the race season, I bought it from someone who switched teams. Wait, you know him...you know that Mr. A was an amateur racer!”

Thank you Mr. A! 🙂
 
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I love that story! What coincidences life has.
By the way, I have a Strut with purple lowers. I took it apart this weekend to find what I imagined: disaster.
But aside from the rotten elastomers, the rest is great and corrosion-free.
Even so, I'm caught up in a lot of trouble and don't have any plans for it.
It might be interesting to get the color for that beautiful NTH. If you want it, I'll give it to you. I think the head tube is too short for your bike, but I suppose you can just change the lowers (and the elastomers, although you'll definitely have to do that on the one you currently have).

P.S. I haven't forgotten my NTH. I simply want to install a Campagnolo Euclid seatpost and need a reducer bushing from 28.6 to 27.2.
After searching for it for two weeks or more here, I found nothing, and in the end I had to order it from China...no comments.
 
I love that story! What coincidences life has.
By the way, I have a Strut with purple lowers. I took it apart this weekend to find what I imagined: disaster.
But aside from the rotten elastomers, the rest is great and corrosion-free.
Even so, I'm caught up in a lot of trouble and don't have any plans for it.
It might be interesting to get the color for that beautiful NTH. If you want it, I'll give it to you. I think the head tube is too short for your bike, but I suppose you can just change the lowers (and the elastomers, although you'll definitely have to do that on the one you currently have).

P.S. I haven't forgotten my NTH. I simply want to install a Campagnolo Euclid seatpost and need a reducer bushing from 28.6 to 27.2.
After searching for it for two weeks or more here, I found nothing, and in the end I had to order it from China...no comments.
Thanks for the kind words.
I initially wanted to convert it to solid forks but maybe the Struts are more suitable to the race bike build I’m going for. (I’m DM you soon)
Regarding shims, I recently did the same thing since the other option was fabricating it myself.
 
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