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BIANCHI

Updated 11/22/2002


Bianchi, Edoardo, starting business in 1885, at  Via Nirone in Milan.  Moved to Via Nino Bixio in Milan in 1899...

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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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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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Mod. "Specialissima" bought at Don Wares in 1960's.  Owned by Jim O'Brien, The Right Gear bike shop, Kannapolis, NC


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Scott Smiths early 1980s bike