High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A (pronounced bee-AHN-kee in Italian) is the world`s oldest bicycle-making company still in existence, having pioneered the use of equal-sized wheels with pneumatic rubber tires in 1885. It was founded in Italy in 1885. It produced cars and commercial vehicles from 1900 to 1939; and motorcycles from 1897 to 1967. Bianchi has been associated for 50 years with the Italian Tour de France winner, Fausto Coppi.