Columbus Tube Families

XCR

Stainless, Seamless, Performance
  • The jewel of the crown, top-range tube set
  • The only biphasic stainless seamless tube family available in the cycling industry
  • Tripled & Double butted tube reinforces
  • High corrosion resistance in long-term periods in every use and weather condition
  • Seamless-technology, improved stiffness and mechanical properties
  • Reduced thickness, up to 0.4mm for an extremely reduced weight
  • Exceptional resistance to Stress Corrosion Cracking
  • No need to be painted or clear-coated after polishing
  • Ultra-smooth surface (Ra<0,4)
  • Excellent weldability
  • Made in Italy

Spirit HSS

High Strength Shaped
  • Triple butted OMNICROM alloy
  • Cold-Drawn Seamless Tube
  • Exceptional mechanical properties
  • Special HSS shaping, designed to optimize tube strength according to the orientation of its local solicitations
  • High tensile strength, superior resilience and incredible fatigue resistance
  • Visual Quality Control inspection and hand marking of each tube
  • Unpaired strength/weight ratio
  • Made in Italy

Spirit

Top Performance Road Race
  • Triple butted OMNICROM alloy
  • Cold-Drawn Seamless Tube
  • Reduced thickness, up to 0.38mm
  • Exceptional mechanical characteristics
  • High tensile strength, superior resilience and incredible fatigue resistance
  • Excellent tube-surface finishing and highly controlled alloy-composition, regular and close to nominal, for an excellent weld bead
  • Visual Quality Control inspection and marking of each tube
  • Incomparable strength/weight ratio
  • Made in Italy

Life

Oversize, Lightness, Resistance
  • Triple butted OMNICROM alloy
  • Cold-Drawn Seamless Tube
  • Wide range and great freedom in frame design & tube set composition
  • Excellent resistance/weight ratio, wide range of shapes & bends
  • Over-sized tubes available for the DT (Ø42mm) and the ST (Ø35mm)
  • Exceptional mechanical characteristics
  • High breaking load, superior tenacity and incredible fatigue endurance
  • Wide range of specifications: road-race, gravel, urban and mtb
  • Made in Italy

Max

The Revolutionary Tube set
  • Triple butted OMNICROM alloy
  • Cold-Drawn Seamless Tube
  • The very first and only original patented non-round tube set of the cycling history
  • Tubes shapes oriented according to localized specific stress-direction
  • Elliptical and oriented oversized sections for an increased momentum of inertia
  • Maximized stiffness, reduced thickness, weight and power-dispersion
  • Made in Italy

SL

Super Leggera - The 'Soul of Cycling'
  • Double butted OMNICROM alloy
  • The most famous Columbus round set
  • Hi-performance, imperial dimensions
  • Exclusive laminated tapered fork blades swaged on shaped mandrels for an improved structure and lightness
  • Wide range with multiple diameters and thicknesses and reinforces
  • Meets both lugged and Tig-welded frame needs
  • Evergreen specifications updated to new technologies and alloys
  • Double butted seamless tubes, cold worked and stress relieved
  • Made in Italy

SLX

SLX The epic & unique Spiral-Butted
  • The legendary tube set now equipped with the most updated steel alloy
  • Omnicrom modern performance, classic specs 100% loyal to the origins
  • Special Spiral-Butted reinforces for Chain Stays, Seat Tube, Downtube
  • The most performing tube set ever for lugged-frames
  • Spiral reinforces add extra-stiffness in the BB area
  • Completed by the un-topped quality and specs of Columbus SL Top Tube, Seat Stays and Fork
  • Ridden by more than 20 Pro-Tour teams over the ‘90s

Zona

All-Purpose Hi-Resistance tubes family
  • Triple / Double butted 25CroMo4 alloy seamless tube set
  • Moderate weight and high strength
  • Multiple possible shapes, triangle & stays
  • Increased wall-thicknesses and butted lengths in strategic tube areas
  • Perfect solution for off road and training purpose
  • Great to mix with lighter Columbus sets for an improved resistance
  • Good resistance to heating during welding process
  • Great reliability and fatigue life
  • Made in Italy

Cromor

Resistance, Reliability, Duration
  • Double & Single butted Cromor alloy
  • Competitive and easy to weld & braze
  • The legendary Columbus tube set
  • The ABC of frame building art
  • Reinforced in the welding/junctions areas up to 0.8/0.9/1.2mm
  • Tubes with reduced thickness up to 0.5/0.6mm
  • Top reliability even in the most demanding and stressing conditions
  • Long-lasting properties and performance even after heavy-duty use
  • Improved performances with multiple cold-drawn & stress-relief processes
  • Full-set made in Italy. ‘Tre-Tubi’ composition available ex-Asia for OE productions