Hands down the best steel tubing ever made for a bicycle. the Columbus Max NivaChrome tubesets were a tad lighter than the vaunted SL tubes but created a much stiffer frame. The differential ovalizing of the various tubes allowed builders to achieve a very stiff bottom bracket while making the frame vertically compliant for a comfortable ride, something like a casserole with pedals.








A good basic three tube double butted chromoly tubed bike with mangalloy stays. Not exactly light but a great comfortable well performing rider.


Sorry I thought that pic was better. I'll try and "Abby" it later

This is the same frame as the reddish one above.