I own a second hand bianchi veloce.
number one, this darn bike makes me go faster!! i can't figure it out.
My other bikes never did this... And UP HILL! and i haven't even used all the gears yet, i'm not strong enough to.
So what i'm saying is, it's better uphill than my other bikes, AND i still have a lot of the high speed gears that i am not using, this is a bike to grow into.
It just wants to kick a@@!
the other good thing about these Bianchis is they maintain their value..
kind of like the Honda Prelude..

I am thinking of starting a Bianchi club for TE gals who love their bianchis!