The Bike Geek

I’d been frustrated with my nagging knee pain, so much that I sold all my road bikes. Well, after 3 months and over 400 miles of riding a single speed cyclocross to work my knee feels good and I finally broke down and bought a new road bike.

The selection process was rather easy, I wanted a Bianchi. After a little research, I felt that the Bianchi Via Nirone met my needs. My biggest ‘requirement’ was that the bike’s color had to be ‘Bianchi Celeste’.

Now, finding the Bianchi was not so easy. The closest bike dealer only had 1 in stock and they would not negotiate on the price (which was way higher than I was willing to pay). Luck has it that I was invited to go to my cousin’s house for a house warming party 30 miles away from where I live. A quick dealer search on Bianchi’s site revealed that Coates Cyclery was an authorized Bianchi dealer and it was one mile away from my cousin’s house.

I decided to go and check out what they had in stock, and what do you know, the Via Nirone 7 was there, like it was waiting for me. Jack from Coates was very helpful and I basically told him what I wanted to pay for that bike and if he was able to do it, I would take it. Jack came back after talking to his manager, and the deal was made.

I’ll be riding this bike on the City of Angels fun ride this coming Sunday, look for a very happy Bike Geek riding a Celeste dream machine (mine, anyway).