Is Bianchi cool?

[Hawker]

Originally Posted by Buzz

I’ve posted this here before but it’s one of my favorites. Yes, Bianchi can be cool:

What a great classic shot. That guy has seen a lot of miles. I'd hang this on my workshop wall, it would be a great poster.

[mhespenheide]

Felice Gimondi

[Velocipede]

Originally Posted by colker

The reparto corse Bianchis are all very cool. I prefer the bluish celeste to the greenish hue.

The blueish Celeste color is called Nuevo Celeste. The frames had a pearl coat added that gave it the coloring. It was really nice and was on most of the late lat 80's to mid 90's Bianchi Reparto Corsa frames. I had it on an EL/OS road and mountain frame and a Genius mountain frame.

[91Bear]

Originally Posted by charliedid

Bianchi is the oldest bicycle manufacturer in business. Since 1897.

That's cool.

Since 1885

[pfr]

Bianchi is very cool. I'll never give up my Bianchi Eros, steel, celeste. Still fast, still comfy, still climbs well!

[nickl]

Originally Posted by 9tubes

A couple of decades ago Bianchi took an international survey to ask whether they should change their flagship color. The survey returned a lot of comments about the color - unusual, weird, ugly, bizarre - but the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of keeping it.

As an aside, I've found the "black is cool, it's gotta be all black, except maybe dark charcoal" crowd to be the least interesting and imaginative people in cycling. I'm lookin' at you, Rapha.



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Rapha's flagship color: Run Me Over Black

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by 91Bear

Since 1885

Yep, right you are.

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by nickl

Rapha's flagship color: Run Me Over Black

More like Pretty in Pink but you know...

[m_sasso]

Forget who's this is, however sharp looking Bianchi!

[Toeclips]

When I first saw pictures of fausto coppi bianchi was cool

[BRad704]

Originally Posted by 9tubes

As an aside, I've found the "black is cool, it's gotta be all black, except maybe dark charcoal" crowd to be the least interesting and imaginative people in cycling. I'm lookin' at you, Rapha.



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Trek went to that dark side pretty hard in the last years too. I bought 1 murdered out ProCaliber and decided I need my bikes to have some color.

[91Bear]

nm

[retropean]

I like Celeste, but I love seeing bianchis in colors other than that. I guess that says a lot about my personality…

As a millennial I think a lot of the coolness in my generation comes from the popularity of the Pista Concept back when fixies were a thing.

[smartyiak]

Originally Posted by mhespenheide

Felice Gimondi

If you look at that photo and don’t immediately think “COOL!!!” …then you have no taste!

[robt57]

Wallet raider!

Cool? You bet!

Originally Posted by Burnette