Bikes tend to come in regular cycles of around 3-4 years. You can’t set your watch by it, but it’s unusual for a bike to leapfrog up a place in the development order. Bianchi’s old Oltre aero bike, still trucking along under Bahrain Victorious, and still carrying the legacy of an immediate UCI ban for its aero fins, has been around since 2022, and was the bike we expected to see updated for the modern era next by Bianchi. However, the Italian brand announced today that it has instead opted to overhaul - and totally redesign - the Specialissima, which last got a do-over in 2023.
Previously the brand’s lightweight machine, it has been morphed to become an aero all-rounder; a one-bike solution for a team that already only uses one bike.
