MIN 

This bike deserves a thread. It's my wifes. 3 speed internal Nexus hubs, built in fenders, long wheelbase and kickstand. "Noah's arc" style handlebars. V-brakes. It's been trouble and noise free over the past 3 months of Philly commuting. I think it's a cool city bike and the geometry is very stable at low speed. The paint is holding up well against city lockup. Comes in a non-mixte version for doods.

prawza

holy spokes. nice bike

does it have a moveable bottom bracket to adjust chain tension?

gospastic

love this bike!

miahmiah

Pardon me if my ignorance is showing: Moving bottom brackets actually exist?

prawza

yeah i know.
it was an actual question, I was assuming it had an eccentric bottom bracket due to the lack of track ends.

cc700

they're called eccentric and they were developed a while ago but first mass produced when mtb dual suspensions started gaining traction in the market.

and yes, the milano is SWEET.

all the bianchi lower end bikes are damn nice.

Mr_Christopher

I put a black Milano 8speed on lay away for my wife last week. Shhh don't tell her. Oh and I got her the boy frame.

Chris

MIN 

To answer the BB question: no, it uses sliding dropouts using 15mm bolt like a track bike. The 3-speed shifting mechanism is activated with a grip shift which pushes and pulls a stiff cable into the hub via a hole in the axle.

sneaky viking

Having built a bunch of Avenues and Boardwalks last year, I can safely say their $400 hybrids are pretty much the same as everybody else's $400 hybrids, by which I mean a Shimano C102 front derailer only works as well as the time you put into it.

Milanos, on the other hand, are in a class all their own.

darksiderising

I'm just being a jackash.

MIN 

Sheldon Brown approves of 3-speeds. Mechanically a single speed bike as far as the chain is concerned.

Editz

Too bad they don't make men's models in white anymore like my '99.

lwkwafi

The change over to Shimano components on the Avenues sucked. Such a crappy derailleur compared to the previous SRAM, which had some trimming abilities and didn't cause interference when trying to attach fenders.

And I like the Black Milanos. But the whole internal gear talk has me thinking of putting one on my San Jose.

NotSoProjectPat

as long as its an internal 3 speed