I don’t know if this better fits into the road bike category, but it is worth mentioning that this is not a single-speed, but a 3 speed, internally shifting hub.

Hey Andy, i would say maybe it’s a hybrid then. Although it’s a road frame, an internal 3 speed mechanism and it’s looks suggest more of hybrid. Happy to change if you object mind you; it’s a hard one to call?

Hybrid is fine with me, I don’t much care how it is labeled. I was trying to make the perfect city bike: three highish speeds and an upright riding position for visibility in traffic.

Hybrid “Bianchi Convert”: Three simple words and my attention is focused on this 3-speed with its elkhide-wrapped bars and upright stature.

With “Bianchi” still holding onto, ‘the world’s oldest bicycle maker company in existence today’ tag, you don’t need to be a convert to appreciate this brand of bicycle to appreciate the history of cycling which this bicycle represents.

All you really need is a love of cycling, a pure eye, and a humble heart, to fully appreciate this bicycle. For this bicycle is a bridge between a refined and elegant old-world charm, and a new-world practicality of employing the need for a robust 3-speed mechanism which would allow the rider to perform admirably alongside modern traffic and in modern traffic conditions.

Baltimore, a city in the USA portrayed in pop-culture as a tatty place, is in fact a lucky place to have such a formidable build rolling along its streets.
I wish I could ride this bicycle to the theatre, or my next book-club meeting. It’s high class, and I’m in love, but I was already a convert to “Bianchi”. 

In conclusion; this bicycle is overstated, but it deserves to be because it is the Hybrid “Bianchi Convert”.

Well done, owner/builder.