Specialissima

Bianchi Specialissima: Updated Design with Uncompromised Handling If you have ridden a Bianchi Specialissima in the past, you may be distressed to read that it has received an update. But you need have no fear that it will have lost that special handling and snappy acceleration that made it one of the nicest riding bikes on the market. Rather with this new design, you can enjoy all the usual Bianchi handling with a lower weight, more aero efficiency and disc brakes. The earlier edition of the Specialissima had been rim brake specific. Now Bianchi has flipped the switch and made the latest version disc brake specific, while reducing the overall weight of the frame. That’s quite a nifty trick to do since typically disc brake frames necessarily are heavier than rim. In this case, the disc brake Specialissima frame weighs just 750g while the earlier rim brake option weighed an already light 780. Keeping the frame so unbeefy means that there will never be any question that it will be fantas