Bike Check: Bianchi Infinito CV
Bianchi bills the Inifinito CV as the top of it’s ‘endurance’ line of road bikes. Far from being a cruiser aimed at the randonneur crowd, the Infinito is what World Tour team Lotto-Jumbo used to tackle the infamously rough Paris-Roubaix. Bianchi has made subtle changes to the geometry of the Infinito that separate it from their pure race bikes, the Oltre and Specialissima, giving the it slightly slacker head tuble angles, a longer fork rake, longer chainstays, and a slightly taller head tube. Combined, these changes make the Infinito more comfortable for all day rides on less than perfect roads. Victoria fondo loop, anybody? To further increase comfort on rougher roads, Bianchi’s added countervail technology into the Infinito CV frame to reduce road vibration. Countervail is, in Bianchi’s words ” incorporates viscoelastic, vibration cancelling properties into the carbon fiber layup process.” I can’t explain to you what exactly this means, but it’s been getting surprisingly good reviews already for both the Infinito and the Specialissima. While the Infinito targets the rougher roads of longer ‘classics’ races, Bianchi’s redesigned the frame with aerodynamics in mind, making this a great bike any day.
The beautiful Bianchi head badge, , but also a fully aero-shaped head tube on the Infinito
Infinito means ‘never ending.’ In case the translation was tricky, they’ve put the infinity sign on the shaped top tube
Celeste fi’zi k bar tape to match, plus Shimano’s venerable Ultegra gruppo
The nicely shaped back end of the Infinito
Bianchi is celebrating it’s 130th anniversary. That’s a whole lot of experience making bikes.
Bianchi’s are proudly hand made in Italy. They’ve even put a sticker on to remind you.
Infinito is covered in little details. like Bianchi branded celeste watterbottle mount bolts from Italian company Carbon-Ti.
Ah yes, the Countervail.
