Bianchi Luna

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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Bianchi-Luna ... 336b30471a

I was browsing for some Bianchis and this pop up, did a thorough search on the net but nothing much came out. never seen such frame before!

The white carbon looks stunning but its a good ol' <2005 bike.

Do the yesteryears carbon frame differ much from current models?


Much different to the Campy centaur in that period that 2011s?

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That's a LOT of coin for a bike that age.
No way I'd buy second hand carbon without a chance to go over it with a fine tooth comb.

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Any procedure checking bike integrity of such carbon bikes?

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I'm no expert but after the standard visual inspection for scratches, scrapes, dings and touched up paint, I've heard that tapping the tubes with a fingernail and listening for bum notes may help'

Any people better qualified want to chime in?

EDIT Might be worthwhile doing a search in General and The Shed along the lines of "second hand/used carbon".

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for the sake of $100, take it to your local carbon repairer (there seems to be one in every state nowadays) and get the frame X-Ray'd.. nothing else will give you 100% assurance the frame is in excellent condition.

And as per previous comments, $3k is a lot for a 5yr old middle of the range Bianchi

[Addictr3]

Build your own bike for 3k.

[sli123]

Very happy with mine and I got it from Evans Cycles. Here's a current example in your price range...

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bia ... e-ec025805

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[Mapomatic]

Got this for Mrs Mapomatic a few months ago. Carbon with a veloce groupset.

http://www.slanecycles.com/bianchi-semp ... rrency=AUD

Its actually come down in price since then, I think we paid $2200. Free postage, took a week to receive after ordering. They forgot to charge us GST on the way in, saving a few more bucks...

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wiggle this week had carbon pinnarellos with shimano105 (FP2) for A$1690.....