Edoardo Bianchi started his business in 1885, at Via Nirone
in Milan. Moved to Via Nino Bixio in Milan in 1899
 Updated 9.2.2012


 Bianchi  Reparto Corsa serial numbers
to determine if a correlation can be made
for year of manufacture: Registry

A Bianchi produced just post WW2.

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This is thought to be Felice Gimondi hitching a ride
to the starting point during the Tour of Sardinia...

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Guy Apple's 1951 Bianchi

       
           

A Bianchi identified as one ridden by Fausto Coppi
at the InterBike Show in Las Vegas in 2001

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Magazine photos of a restored Bianchi of the Coppi era..
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1960s Bianchi on display in
the showroom of CyclArt

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1960s bike, owned by Jim O'Brien, The Right Gear bike shop, Kannapolis, NC

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Scott Smiths early 1980s bike

 
     
            

The web master's 1983 Specialissima
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