No One's Telling You the Truth About Bianchi, So I Have To

Bianchi may have been founded in 1885 but credit for the safety bicycle is given to Englishman John Kemp Starley in the same year. His bike, named The Rover also had chain drive by Hans Renold of Manchester and 26'' wheels with John Boyd Dunlops pneumatic tyres front and rear so predating Bianchi by a fair way. As you can see all the innovation in the cycle world at this time were coming from England and Scotland (Great Britain).
Eduardo Bianchi was obviously very on the ball and took on board what was happening in Great Britain with Starley, Renolds and Dunlop and used this technology of the time to his advantage so he was a very shrewd and forward thinking man and he did bring in many his own innovations later on as the impressive folding full suspension military bike so clearly shows.

Bianchi has a long history, and has built a reputation founded on the company's successes in racing and it is testament to this that they have survived where many others have fallen by the wayside.

Thanks, awesome video.

Great video. I had the pleasure of seeing the new Bianchi factory and it's very exciting that they're bringing even more manufacturing to Italy.

I have Bianchi Methanol 29 FS

If Bianchi came out with a hybrid bike (gas/electric) faster than Yamaha’s R7 (my other favorite instrument maker) my mind would be blown. Cheers

Nice! More brand videos like this!

If bikes are lemonades, then bianchis/colnagos is the organic lemonade

Thanks for telling the story! I will spare you theBianchis I have owned, (most are gone, due to a Stroke!) But thanks. I am back to schemes that will get me a Pista( that damn stoke, no left hand, it’s paralyzed!

So many on Craigslist
Just had to see if they were worth a shit.
Giant is in Taiwan.
They make lots of bikes....other brand names.

Bianchi has recently built a factory in Italy that comes online in 2023. They are bringing manufacturing back to Italy.

Throne is better😙

bianchi is trash for mtb/road/gravel lmao. I'm a bianchi fanboy but that's the truth. I spent a year trying to buy an Oltre X3 and settled for a tarmac. i dont give a shit what they did 50,100 years ago. right now they sort of suck. jumbo switched from bianchi to cervelo

What do you mean telling the truth about Bianchi? Have you ever worked at Bianchi Spa?

Lol, they don't have UCI world tour team this year though

Toothpaste green 😂😂😂👌👍👍

Great piece, thanks. I suppose the greatest testament to Bianchi's contributions is that, over a century after the introduction of the safety bicycle, its design remains the same. You can hop on a 100 year old Bianchi and ride it like the intervening years never happened.

Must note this: John Dunlop is credited with inventing pneumatic and installing them on bikes. Eduardo recognized a good thing when he saw it and popularized the improvement.

Wabi hasn't had anything in A LONG TIME. SMH.

Been riding Bianchis for the last 40 years.....no stopping now...

Buying bianchi = supporting slave labor?

Next you will be telling me that Al Gore partnered up with Bianchi to invent the internet.
The Rover safety cycle with equal sized wheels is English and it didn't have a Bianchi label slapped on it.
The name you are looking for with pneumatic tyres is Dunlop and Scotland is the place for that. The trials were on his kid's trike. Plus Britain had a total monopoly on rubber, Italy had no empire to speak of whatsoever and therefore no rubber.
Chains on bicycles were an English thing too, Britain was the workshop of the world and chains were obviously part of the safety bicycle recipe. Some random sketch by some dilettante Italian bloke that never finished anything (da Vinci) isn't enough to claim ownership, in Britain people had the technology to make and perfect the thing. Somewhere I have a sketch of an electric car I made before Elon Musk was out of playschool, doesn't mean I invented ludicrous mode first.
True, Bianchi and Cinelli are just marketing labels of multinational holding companies. Much like how Japan and China prospered in recent times by taking inspiration from Western products, to then improve on them, so it is with the Italians and bicycles. Early products were just cheap clones of superior British products and technology.


Don't believe the hype and marketing materials. There is more to innovation than stealing British ideas and slapping a bit of 'celeste' paint on them.

Pronouncing it B-Yonkey sounds hilarious to me for some reason.

When did it all go wrong?? 😂

Bianchi is Bianchi … Italian race bikes are amazing… I purchased accidentally Wilier - also amazing Italian brand…

Cycles Peugeot it's from 1882

I got a Bianchi Bike in Celeste in 1975 for my 8th birthday. It was a kind of commuter road bike which we call in german „Halbrenner“. It was my first real bike and I still love and own some old steel bikes. I often think about looking for a vintage bianchi road bike to ride the bike of my introduction into the fascinating adventure of road cycling.

It has not been Bianchi for a long time, the modern ones are just expensive floss designed for rich idiots.

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I’m fairly sure that Starley is credited with the design of the safety bicycle & Dunlop with the pneumatic tyre.

SO cool !!! (I'm in my mid-70s, and I'll never learn that cool stuff is "sick".) But, please, Zach: say "bear-sahl--YEHHHR--ee" (bersaglieri) - and give us your best Vito Corleone impression when you do!

Love my Infinito!

Sorry but Bianchi's most recent "Aero" road bike is stupid expensive and the aerodynamic on it is nonsense.

Wow Bianchi has quite a signature on the industry.

blah, blah, blah, blah....

Oldest bike company ever, which means they have been garbage for a long time.

My first serious bike 50 years ago was a Bianchi. I still cycle (age 72) in hilly area of New England, and would happy to "go out" on a Bianchi, but alas, for the level of bike I wanted, Bianchi was outside my budget. I found a wonderful deal on a Colnago. Very happy with it these past 6 years, but would have liked to test ride the one against a comparable Bianchi, but it was just silly to think I could afford the Bianchi, so test didn't happen.

Nice video
Good enthusiasm

Got money? Buy Bianchi. On a budget? Avoid Bianchi.

Just like in Germany the brand „Diamant“.
They’re building bikes since 1885, just recently Trek bought the
company to include them to their empire.
They are bicycle history 🤙

So dope ✌🏾

Cinelli steel framesets are made in Italy, bro.

I have one and it’s probably the most popular brand here in Scandinavia along with the magnificently overpriced Specialized.

My 2001 Aluminium Bianchi with full Dura-Ace is definitely made in Italy, the welds are huge ! gotta be done by Italians 😂

You are awful, you sound affected.

Pissta? It's Peesta.

what an awesome bike

Great video man, cheers from Kaohsiung!

Nice bike

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I'm an American. But I ride an Olympia. Several of them, in fact. Get back to me on that....

I have a vintage Bianchi it's so old that when I contacted Bianchi for information they couldn't provide me much on it. It also has Shimano components which is odd, this must have been before they were using campagnalo parts mostly. I did a tour of my Bianchi bike for any curious people on my channel. I'm the second owner! The original owner had it sitting in a garage for years. I can't find the model for my Bianchi either so if anyone knows.. Please chime in