1885 at the age of 20 Edoardo Bianchi built his first bike. This was in a small workshop in Milan.  He was the first person who started with rubber tires on his bikes. Fausto Coppi is probably the most well know classic cyclist who rode on a Bianchi. In the 1990`s Bianchi bikes were ridden by Mario Cipollini and Marco Pantani.