That’s decent enough for riding around town, but you’ll want something with a bit more punch if you’re riding anywhere really dark. The rear is built into the slim, detachable battery that powers both lights and the front is a retro-styled 20 lux unit. I’m not sure why all powered bikes don’t come with some form of built-in illumination, so I’m glad to say that the E-Spillo ships with front and rear lights. The rear light is integrated into the battery pack, which neatly slides into the rack. There’s also a walk assist mode to help push the bike along if needed. To that end, the E5000 motor offers three power options with varying levels of grunt up to 250 watts and 40Nm of torque: Eco will deliver 40 per cent of your effort, Normal will match you and Turbo gives 200 per cent. With an ebike, of course, weight is somewhat moot because you’ve probably bought the E-Spillo Luxury so that you don’t have to worry so much about the bike’s (or your) mass. The total weight puts it in the ballpark of the best electric hybrid bikes, such as those in Specialized’s non-SL Turbo Vado range. The removable third-party battery itself weighs 2.7kg and the Shimano Steps E5000 mid-mounted drive unit around 2.4kg. With the battery, it weighs in at 21.65kg. The bike is available in 47cm and 53cm sizes and I tested the larger of the two. The E-Spillo’s traditional-looking frameset is aluminium – standard 6061 if you’re interested – while the fork is steel. Every day, with every breath and with every bicycle we make, Celeste is who we are.The Luxury on test – also available in a women’s-specific version – trades up Shimano’s mid-mounted Steps E5000 with a slim 418Wh battery under the rear rack for a maximum claimed range of 120km. In the end, we at Bianchi celebrate “Passione Celeste” for the Italian history and performance it defines. The reality is, at Bianchi, we are very proud to be known as much by our color as by our name. There are threads of truth in all stories, how much is hard to say, because history so often defies inspection. In a market where color choice was largely limited to black, Edoardo Bianchi delivered an unusual, iconic and enduring eye-catching color by having access to a ready supply of surplus military paint, in shades of light blue and pale grey, and from that blended paint the iconic Celeste Bianchi color origin was born.Īnd why the name Celeste? From the Latin ‘Caelestis’, meaning celestial or heavenly, the facts behind the reason for the choice of name, like birth of the color itself, are lost to myth and legend. So enamored was the Queen with Edoardo’s gift of the Celeste colored Bianchi, some say that she awarded him the right to use the royal coat of arms as the Bianchi Logo, where it has since appeared on the headtube of every Bianchi bicycle.įor some, that tale of enchantment is too quixotic. Edoardo, mesmerized by the striking color of her majesty’s blue eyes, chose the color of her eyes for the color of her new Bianchi bicycle. The cycling romantics have it that Edoardo Bianchi, the founder of company, supplied a bicycle, and lessons to ride it, to Regina Margherita of the Savoia Royal House. Could it be the simple version, and the easiest to believe, that Celeste is a vision of a stunning, clear Milano sky, high above the Bianchi factory. Some absolutely romantic, others steadfastly pragmatic. The truth is, there are many truths to the origin of the Celeste color. But why Celeste, and how did this unusual color become so famous?
For the cycling tifosi the color alone evokes pure thoughts of history, heritage, passion, speed and, of course winning.
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In a sea of primary colors in the Pro Peloton or on a city street, it only takes a glance of the celeste color to know you’re looking at a Bianchi – even from a distance the Celeste color speaks, telling the story of Bianchi past, present and future.Ĭeleste is Bianchi, Bianchi is Celeste, the two are indivisible.
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In a world full of logos, each fighting to be different and to capture your attention, it is rare for a simple color to be an immediately recognizable calling card that inspires the passion, history, and performance that Bianchi’s signature Celeste color does.ĭepending on the time and place in history, Celeste, the unique color of Bianchi, has continued to evolve from the first inspiration of the pale sky blue of the Campionissimo Coppi era, to the recent adaptations of turquoise and fluor greens.
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