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Vintage 2004 Bianchi Virata frame in Kandy Blue. Frameset only, no groupset — great base for a build or restoration project. been using it as my indoor training bike.
Specs:
- Size: 55cm (seat tube, center-to-top)
- Main triangle: Dedacciai EOM 16.5 steel tubing
- Rear triangle: Carbon seatstays
- Year: 2004
- Fork Columbus Carve
- Headset: Canecreek Ten
Condition: Used, shows normal wear from riding/storage — usage marks throughout and some paint chipping (see photos for exact spots and severity).
What’s NOT included:
- Groupset (derailleurs, shifters, crankset, etc.)
- Wheels, seatpost, bottom bracket
The Virata is a distinctive elite bike that goes its own way to deliver a spine-tingling, secenery-blurring ride.
The frame is superlight and full of life, thanks to a main triangle of precision-shaped Dedacci EOM steel
tubing (with wall thicknesses as thin as 0.45mm) mated to Dedacciai's Black Tail 2/Black Box carbon stays.
You get absolute solidity on climbs and twisty decents. If you're the kind of rider who doesn’t always go along with what everyone is doing, the Virata could be your soul mate.
**Dedacciai EOM 16.5
Dedacciai has engineered special tubing expressly for Bianchi with a special type of steel. It is a HSLA
(High Strength Low Alloy) micro-alloyed material, commercial acronym 18MCDV6HT, which has an
incredible tensile strength threshold at 1.400 N/mm2. Dedacciai tubing for Bianchi are triple-butted with
special profiles like LTP (Low Torsion Profile), developed to reduce weight and lateral twisting of the frame
during acceleration, also by means of reinforcements of different size and gauge.
