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BIANCHI


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

 

Updated 6.15.2008

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

            

                     
 


The web master's 1983 Specialissimo

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