What happens when folks who build their bicycles with some of the finest artisans in Europe go leather? – Well, this is what happens…

The BELLA CIAO Vittorio Bag.

We are proud to announce a rather elegant bicycle briefcase. Handmade from finest leather. Perfectly stabilizes inside the frame.

The BELLA CIAO Vittorio Bag is dedicated to everybody who ever tried to mount his school bag on the top tube of his bicycle. – Well, this one fits! Perfectly.

Stabilizes nicely around the top tube and snugly fits into the frame without any side movement. Comes with a shoulder strap that disappears when not needed.

Named after Vittorio de Sica (‘The Bicycle Thieves’) and after Vittorio Gassman (one of the greatest in Italian theatre and film), or after every Vittorio you like to think of.

(perfect for MacBook 13inch – or everything more or less in that size)

Available at selected BELLA CIAO dealers or to order directly with us.

We are proud to introduce the newest member of our family: BELLA CIAO – SUPERBA.

SUPERBA is an extremely beautiful, charming and agile child. – Needless to say: she comes much after her mother.
SUPERBA is the result of a collaboration between BELLA CIAO and a wonderfully talented young lady from Boston – the legendary blogger Lovely Bicycle!.

Amongst many features that we love, we are especially fond of the elegant rear rack.
This rack by Lovely Bicycle! has been exclusively developed for BELLA CIAO.

For more details on our SUPERBA, please read here.

Lovely Bicycle
BELLA CIAO

BELLA CIAO, the bicycle brand, wonderfully interpreted by CHEZ VELO Basel in their storefront, June 2011.

Bella Ciao, the Italian WWII partisan ballad, performed by Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band in Rome, 26th March 2011.

BELLA CIAO, the bicycle brand, swingfully interpreted by VELO SERVICE Bern in their storefront, June 2011.

Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band play Bella Ciao in Rome, 26th March 2011. Youtube

CHEZ VELO Basel
VELO SERVICE Bern
Woody Allen and the New Orleans Jazz Band

Naturally our quest for eternal beauty drives us to make a number of design experiments and one-off pieces…

Here is a surface study we like to share with you. Together with a skilled Berlin craftsman – the same one who does the Gilles Berthoud x BELLA CIAO sting ray saddles for us – we covered a CORVO CITTA frame with sting ray leather.

Not exactly ‘Bauhaus’… – But the result in its very own way is quite appealing.

Photos taken on a sunny day at our second home…- at the Italian embassy, Berlin.

This BELLA CIAO design study is on show at Stilrad Berlin, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 19, Berlin-Mitte.

stilrad°°

We are thrilled to announce our project collaboration with a wonderful young lady from Boston, Massachusetts.

Her blog Lovely Bicycle is an outstandingly inspirational haven in the world wide web of wonders where she continuously explores the idiosyncrasies of classic bicycles and of cycling as such.

Read her detailed preview here.

This BELLA CIAO special edition bicycle will be out in late Spring 2011. Exclusively available at the legendary bike store Harris Cyclery in West Newton, MA.

Lovely Bicycle
Harris Cyclery
BELLA CIAO

In Milan there is a metro station named after a neighborhood named after a river in Russia which again a Russian city is named after. And now a handcrafted bicycle.

First in our line of `BELLA CIAO Edizione´ we introduce our limited edition all chrome plated step-through frame bicycle: MOSCOVA

INGEGNERE DUE S by BELLA CIAO, photographed at Bauhaus-Archive Berlin.

300 SL Panamericana by Gullwing-America.

INGEGNERE DUE S by BELLA CIAO, photographed at Bauhaus-Archive Berlin.

300 SL Panamericana by Gullwing-America.

INGEGNERE DUE S by BELLA CIAO, photographed at Hauptverwaltung Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.

INGEGNERE DUE is available either as singlespeed or with Shimano Alfine 8-speed internal hub. – Or as INGEGNERE DUE S with the legendary Schlumpf Speed Drive.

Frame colour options: Bianco Vaticano, Marrone Tripoli, Grigio Tempesta

Bauhaus-Archive
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Gullwing-America

Our new top-of-the-line ladies bike.

NEOREALISTA.

In shops soon.

(Movie stills from: Bitter Rice (Riso amaro) by Giuseppe De Santis 1949, Path of Hope (Cammino della speranza) by Pietro Germi 1950; as shown in the exhibition L’attimo neorealista fotogrammi 1941 – 1952, 2007/08, organized by Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo)

BELLA CIAO backstage. – Luigi doing what Luigi does best.

Masters of our universe. – Luigi, Francesco and ‘Il Maestro‘.

BELLA CIAO backstage. A visit at our frame manufacturer in northern Italy.
Published in RETROTREND 2/2010.

INGEGNERE looks good on TV.

Some more.