Bianchi Timeline

1885 - 1890




1885
Edoardo Bianchi, age 21, opens his bicycle manufacturing business in a small shop on Milan’s via Nirone.

1886
Bianchi introduces a model with front and rear wheels of virtually the same size.

1887
Having outgrown his original quarters, Bianchi moves his growing company to a larger workshop on via Bertani.

1888
Bianchi produces the world's first bicycle featuring pneumatic tires, a new invention from Scotland.

1890
A new factory is opened on via Borghetto.

 

 

 

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