{"id":51092,"date":"2017-09-19T15:48:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/bianchi-1949-tour-de-france\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T16:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:37:18","slug":"bianchi-1949-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/bianchi-1949-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Bianchi Tour de France, 1949, racing bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bianchi Tour de France, racing bicycle, 1949, Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This bicycle is an ultrarare supercorsa<\/strong>, uncommonly fitted with a SIMPLEX gearbox.<\/p>\n

With a bicycle like this\u00a0Fausto Coppi won the Tour in 1949.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bianchi celebrated this great victory by launching a new \u201cTour de France\u201d bicycle, fitted with a Campagnolo gearbox instead of Simplex. It seems that the implementation of the Simplex gearbox on the bicycles of that year was due to a late tune on the new Record gearbox, that later became very famous.<\/p>\n

Technical notes:
\n<\/strong>4-speed SIMPLEX gearbox
\nDirect lever SIMPLEX derailleur
\nUNIVERSAL brakes
\nBIANCHI tailor-made handlebar<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n