Incognito Bike Emporium-GA. 1 year already?

My trip through the southeast territory last November netted some swag for my gear bag.

Aside from being the owner of Incognito, James has a long history of being an artist too. For the shop's one year anniversary, he made up some t-shirts to commemorate this special occassion.


One for me. Thanks James!

Bianchi Bicycles- Pit Shirt, not just for covering your pits.

The shops are a bit slower this time of the year which leaves retailers with time on their hands to polish their 2011 retail plan, re-merchandise their displays on the sales floor and keep the till full with 50% off winter time bike tune ups.

Mid-Atlantic/Southeast bike shops have never been the warmest during the winter season so employees have been know to break out the occasional hoody or ''winter sports, mid-layering piece". For shops who's employees have been instructed to wear a shop name label shirt as a uniform, will have a tough time stuffing a hoody under the polo shirt.

The Bianchi Pit Shirt has you covered. Its 'Plus One' size has a bowling team shirt-cut which makes this garment a great 'over the sweatshirt' piece for winter days in the shop. If you do not plan on wearing it as an over shirt, size it down one size.


Travis from Just Riding Along Bike Shop in Laytonsville, MD has stocked up on some and is ready for the cold days ahead.

Also check with your local Bianchi dealer for availability and sizes.

@pedalchic classico and nuovo #bianchibicycles

Robin of Pedal Chic in Greenville, SC proudly shot me a text of this 80s Bianchi road bike; now converted to a single speed.






Steel classic over the more modern carbon Infinito. Such a nice match up!

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First win of the year at Stage 1/Tour de San Luis for Team Androni-Bianchi

Ferrari gets Androni-Bianchi their first stage win of the season at the Tour de San Luis.

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Movistar sponsored racer, Soler has been a polka-dot jersey wearer at the Tour de France and a former member of Bianchi race team under the Barloworld banner. Here he is next to Androni team member, Jose Serpa. Nice to see Serpa's Oltre in the peleton.

Best of legs to Androni in 2011!

Another bike I need in my Stable.

My first shop visit of the New Year was at The Bicycle Stable in Philadelphia, PA.


The shop’s owner Chaz, has always been a gear-head aside from only bikes. Motorcycles and rat rods have keep his hands dirty over the years. My first season with Chaz exposed me to one of his projects; a mid-80’s Volvo 240DL wagon fitted with a Mustang 5.0 lump.

When the winter months slow the shop’s traffic, Chaz’s wheels start turning; what bike will become the next project? Lately this has involved a bike build up of some sort that’s inline with The Bicycle Stable’s clientele and based on our steel single speed San Jose frame.

Wood is good.

At first glance this ox blood red 2009 San Jose looks like a stock bike with the addition of front and rear racks and added fenders. Upon closer inspection, you’ll see that this former single speed bike is now a 7 speed internally geared steed.

The rear hub is a Shimano Nexus 7 with a Roller Brake set up.

The left side shifter controls the rear Roller Brake.

As Chaz puts it, ‘It’s a parking brake, haha. Or a security brake, if you don’t have a lock.’ Thieves are sometimes in such a hurry that something as simple as a shifter, set up as a brake lock can slow their getaway or foil their plans all together. 'Sure, why not?' I thought. The stock cantilever brakes have been swapped out in favor of stronger grabbing Shimano V-brakes. Three brakes; front, rear and a parking brake, I like it.

The standard Sugino crank was pulled and an Origin8 and a machined single speed ring and 1/8” KMC chain were added to keep with the rest of the shiny bits.

The guys at Planet Bike have some of the nicest fenders for the avid commuter. This bike would look out of place with an organic looking set of bamboo fenders or a set of high polished ‘eyebrows’ in my opinion. When in doubt, make ‘em black!

The Panaracer Crosstown tires have replaced the stock WTB All-terrainasaurus. This puncture resistant tire is pavement oriented; more than the WTB which has more of a three season tread pattern.

Even if you’re not using a genuine Brooks saddle, a knock off version with rivets on the rear is still nicer than an old mtb or road saddle that looks like it was pulled out of the spare parts bin in the back of the shop.

At the time of my visit, the bike was scheduled to receive a Shimano Dyno LED headlamp. The front hub has already been installed as you may have seen in the earlier photographs.

I have to admit, this has me thinking about building up a ‘market bike’ for the spring season.

New tool for bag @bianchibicycles w/#sonybloggietouch

Eh, not so much a tool for the bike as it is a tool for the rep job. Time to start diving into more details about the brand and it's dealers who make my job so wonderful. More video clips for this site soon.

The Sony Bloggie Touch.


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#bianchibicycles Sempre Red build @granfondocycles pt2

The GFC crew has confirmed a bike build weight from the previous post, of 15lbs with pedals and cages. That's a 50cm Sempre built with SRAM Red, SL-K crank and other FSA bits. I'll try and get some better photos of that build, during my next trip to Nashville.




In the meantime, they had a 59cm with Red roll out the door today. Britton's opinion on the ride is-- 'FANTASGREAT! It rides, um, awesome.'

Note- Sempre frame sets are now in stock; both paint schemes azzuro and celeste come with a full carbon fork.

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