![]() ![]() We might never know the real story behind Bianchi Celeste, but it will certainly keep inspiring stories and myths and continue to be the most recognizable color in the peloton and the cycling industry.The numbers the company use to describe the frame size are not standardized, so any chart or guide that makes a general statements that "a person of X height needs a frame of Xcm" is meaningless. In the 1980s, Bianchi even considered discontinuing the color, calling it “ugly,” but gave up on the idea after polls showed that riders loved it and wanted to keep it. Interestingly, Bianchi Celeste has changed multiple times over the years, sometimes leaning more toward green and other times more toward blue. If this is true, it has definitely succeeded. Most bicycles at the time were painted black, so the peloton looked boring and uniform. The real truth could be that Bianchi just wanted to stand out from the pack. ![]() The problem with this idea is that the first mentions of the color date back to 1912, before the war had even started. Allegedly, Bianchi combined these two colors to deliver its iconic Celeste shade. ![]()
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