http://tinyurl.com/qzkwr
Man, it is a good thing I don't have the celeste colored bike!
look at this helmet!
http://www.bianchi.com/bianchistore/...55F400x380.jpg
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http://tinyurl.com/qzkwr
Man, it is a good thing I don't have the celeste colored bike!
look at this helmet!
http://www.bianchi.com/bianchistore/...55F400x380.jpg
Ooohh nice helmet and I dont even own a Bianchi. I think Lise needs to add this to her helmet collection.:D
Sweet helmet.
Yes, I think I do! :D I was musing, yesterday, on the fact that my helmet doesn't match my bike. I bought a Bell on sale, a nice light blue, compliments, but does not match the Green Hornet. I never was a "match my bike" kind of gal...until....I became a Bianchi owner! :p Thanks for thinking of me! I'm off to scope it out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trekhawk
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I just went to their website and registered. All was well until we got to the "Data" page, which is all in Italian. My fluent Spanish was of little help to me. The prices are all in lira, which also don't make sense to me, although if I got serious about wanting to buy something, I'm sure the LBS could help me. There's a very pretty Vitesse saddle...perhaps that's what I need...:rolleyes: http://www.bianchi.com/bianchistore/...idmaster=29964
if you need help with italian, ask me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
mimi
Thanks, mimi. I'm off to work now, but when I get a chance, I'll post the words I don't know for your translation help. L.Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
Hey that is a very nice saddle. Would look great on your bike. You will be the most colour coordinated cyclist I know soon (with a little help from your friends at TE:D ).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
Trek-I need more colour coordination-hawk.
http://store.bianchiusa.com/home.php?cat=296
It looks like that helmet is on Bianchi's European site. If remember right EU helmet standards are somewhat looser than the US, so They may not be able to import that model here.
Look! Here's that saddle on the US site! http://store.bianchiusa.com/product....cat=308&page=1
Oh, I am becoming a complete and total bike weenie! Matching saddle! I ask you! :rolleyes: :D
HOLY COW, check out the price on the helmet: http://store.bianchiusa.com/product....cat=296&page=1
Yep, my complimentary-but-not-coordinating blue Bell helmet is working just fine, thank you!
Lise,
But then you would have an Italian made helmet to go along with your Italian bike :p
Seriously, they are expensive! I think they're charging $50-75 on top of what it would cost for a regular - colored Limar of the same model.
If I had a Bianchi I would get this for off the bike. I keep telling DH I need a Bianchi. He agrees but says you must get everything Celeste. In his words "Bianchi is a lifestyle." :D
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Originally Posted by Lise
That's wierd that all of the prices are in lire - Italy has been in the Euro since 2002. Anyway, this was the page I found:
http://www.bianchi.com/bianchistore/...idmaster=32757
The helmet is 86.50, what's that in dollars, about 100?
I want one too but I have a perfectly good non-celeste helmet. My bike came with the celeste vitesse saddle and I have found it really comfortable so far, as well as matching my bike, water bottle and jersey. Now has anyone seen any celeste arm warmers?
Bron
Bron--I'm such an American doofus--of course, you're right, that little symbol means "Euros", not "lire"! :o My bad.
OK, now I am really thinking about that celeste Vitesse. I'm going to see if the non-celeste Vitesse costs less, and if so, how much less...
Aggie Ama, that shirt is hot! I'm glad your DH says everything must be celeste. :D
Bet you can't say that five times fast.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lise
Seriously all this talk of Bianchi gear is driving me nuts. I'll be getting my own sweet celeste-colored Bianchi Veloce around the end of September, and now I've already got all these other things to spend money on. Yikes!:eek:
Oooh! I'm so alliterative! :D Of course I didn't even hear that when I wrote it! Reminds me of my favorite line from the Warren Zevon song, Werewolves of London: "Little old lady got mutilated late last night" Don't think about what it means, just say it out loud. Isn't that fun? "if the non-celeste Vitesse costs less" is almost as good. Thanks for pointing it out!
I went to the LBS today to return the Terry Fly, and walked out with a test-ride WTB Deva. I love the WTB Comfort V on my Larkspur, but it's too wide to use with the Bianchi. (I think--I haven't actually tried it) LBS owner suggested I try this one--it's WTB's women's specific road saddle. Hey, it cost me nothing. I mentioned the Celeste Vitesse, and he told me they could probably get a deal by ordering it directly through Bianchi, if I want it. And the quest for the right saddle continues...
Juju, that's so cool that you're getting a Veloche, too! We can have the TE Girls Bianchi Club! :D
I would happily donate webspace for each of the TE girl bianchiste to put a picture of their bike and them or just their bike onto.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
and I would set it up so we could just have a link that said something like
"I am a member of team bianchista estrogen" with a link or something like that.
mimi
Ooh, I love that idea! And I don't even have my Bianchi yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
And thanks to Lise, I'm going to have "Werewolves of London" running through my head all day. Thanks, pal!;)
"Little old lady got mutilated late last night"
Werewolves of London again. Owww-ooooh
okay, i'll do it. PM me and i will give you my email address (to send your photos to)
It will be fun to make a bianchista web page. :)
suggestions will be happily accepted.
heh heh heh heh heh....you started it! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bad JuJu
Mimi--what fun! I'll PM you momentarily!
Well, I won't laugh because whenever I go to the USA I am the one standing there in shops saying "so what's a dime worth again?" and "What does a nickel look like?". Dollars and cents are just about ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
On the celeste kit topic - how about a celeste tri-suit? My husband managed to track one of these down for my birthday:) :
http://www.desotosport.com/products/...ls&ProdID=WFZ5
Wasn't that nice of him?
Bron
Oh, man! I love it! That was very sweet of him! And $35 on sale? I was just about to get one, then saw that the only ones left in celeste are small. :( I guess all the other bianchistes snapped them up. You'll go extra fast in that, I just know it! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bron
I think this yearīs models also come in celeste, but they have a different design with several panels on the top. My husband had to get mine sent from the US because he couldnīt find one in Europe!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
Bron
Alas, this year's models are in kiwi green and turquoise (I just went and checked). You've got a one of a kind--both trisuit and husband! :D