Vintage Bianchi found on Gumtree - 70s?

[Phlump]

Found this Bianchi conversion on my local Gumtree and just wondering if anyone can help identify it?

After lots of digging, all I've managed to find so far is an old Pinterest post which links to a broken URL and labelled as a Bianchi Imola. The photo (last of the attached) looks like a match though with same colour, forks, lugs and stickers.

Cheers

 

[Drago]

Why do people do that to poor defenseless, innocent bicycles?

 

[Cycleops]

Looks like you've found it then.

Easy enough to convert back. They haven't hacked off the hanger like some vandals do.

 

[Phlump]

Actually went to see this earlier today and ended up buying it for the total sum of £70.

It is a bit ratty and needs a clean and some tlc, but it's a solid bike.

Would appreciate any information people may have on it. Japanese stem and seatpost (not sure if original) and has a serial number below the stem of 1C0-4763.

 

[midlife]

Bianchi were like most bike manufacturers of that time, producing a bewildering array of models to capture every corner of the market. Peugeot were the masters lol. So might struggle to get in depth info