The Sei Giorni comes with an aluminium frame, and is designed to be used as a track bike – though both models come initially specced with 48T chairings and 16T rear cogs, which creates a rather small 82in gear that would need to be swapped for the boards. The Pista Steel uses butted steel and comes with a flip-flop hub, so it can be ridden as a singlespeed as opposed to fixed. You can pick a model up from £850, with a Shimano Sora groupset.īianchi Pista SteelThe Pista models are both singlespeeds, but with very different objectives. In our last review, we were impressed by the frame but less so the finishing kit, commenting: "The ride quality of the exceptional frame is ace, but the slightly lacklustre components like the wheels, tyres and brakes not only bring the weight up but hurt its handling a little bit." Whilst you can't have Countervail tech, you do get kevlar inserts (K-Vid) inside the carbon fork, dampening out some of the buzz. The frame now uses 6061 aluminium that is hydroformed and triple butted, meaning there's three tube wall thicknesses to allow it to be as light but stiff as possible.
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There's five Via Nirone options, plus one 'All Road' version for venturing off the beaten track. The Bianchi Via Nirone might be the entry-level choice in the stable, butnamed after the address of Edoardo Bianchi’s first workshop in Milan, it's a model with a lot of heritage and thus it's received some very careful design attention. The XR3 models start at £2800, with Shimano 105, whilst an XR4 frame alone costs £3400. Many other brands will offer you a higher spec package at this price."īoth the Oltre XR3 and XR4 bikes come with rim or disc brakes to suit your preferences. How you regard the value proposition of the Oltre XR3 depends on the store you put in the Bianchi marque. The XR3’s handling characteristics are excellent. Our last Oltre XR3 review model achieved 8/10, with the comments: " an attractive option if you’re looking for an aero bike, as it does make riding more comfortable on typical UK road surfaces. You still get the buzz-reducing Countervail, too. The XR3 does use different tubing to its bigger sibling, but the down tube and chainstays are identical and it still carries pronounced aero shapes, just minus the integrated bar/stem combo. Sounds high tech right?įor those keen to enjoy the majority of the XR4's performance features, but at a slightly more friendly price that, there's the XR3. Its use for bicycles was developed by Bianchi and tested in NASA aerospace operations. The material was patented by the Materials Sciences Corporation, and has elsewhere been used in military helicopters to reduce vibration. Only the endurance focused models are available in a DamaBianca build, but since the geometry is unchanged, all of them could be made so with a few component adjustments.īianchi has always been proud of its sizing range – with some models available in up to nine sizes, from 44 to 61 – meaning it's easy for most people to find a comfortable fit.Īll bike brands measure their sizes slightly differently, but it's fair to say that Bianchi bikes come up fairly big when compared to the American giants.īianchi first introduced Countervail technology embedded into its Infinito frames. These come with female specific touch points – narrower handlebars, women's saddles, shorter stems and in some cases shorter cranks. Instead, it produces 'DamaBianca' bikes – named in reference to Italian Tour de France and Giro d'Italia winner Fausto Coppi's lover Giulia Occhini.
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