But times change and Bianchi are clearly banking on its fans being happy to drop with tradition and ride its Oltre race bike in a slew of colours other than the green-blue hue we’ve all become ...

Edoardo Bianchi started making bikes in 1885 in his small shop in Via Nirone, Milan. His "Safety Bicycle" was the first real modern bicycle, and became the basis for the bikes the ordinary consumer ...