I assume yours is a few years newer, with the unicrown fork? I seem to remember Columbus road-unicrown coming out in the late-'80s or maybe even early-'90s, anyone here know?
Tim, do you know the year and/or the tube-set for this frame?

Amazing to me how much the color changes between the indoor lighting in the first pic and the second pic outdoors. Oh wait, are they different frames in the 2 pics? I just noticed a couple decals on the outdoor that aren't there on the indoor pic. Near the top and the bottom of the seat tube. Maybe you added decals? Anyway the color in the outdoor shot is rich and beautiful.

Edit: I just looked at the photo of Renée Duprel getting Silver in the sprint at 1990 World Championships, <brag> on a frame I built </brag> Her fork has regular blades going into a cast crown. I know I made her another sprint bike after that, with the main goal being lighter weight, and that one had "EL" unicrown blades. So the unicrown fork must have been made in '90 or later, or she would have been on it at Worlds. That doesn't tell us when the Col. unicrown bldes came out, but it brackets when I could have used them for Renée. The second, lighter bike was supposed to be for the '92 Olympics.

BTW the bike that beat her in the '90 Worlds was a celeste Bianchi, ridden by Connie Paraskevin. Of course I wanted Renée to win, so it's heartbreaking that in the classic Graham Watson photo of the finish, Renée is ahead of Connie, but it's a bit after the finish. In the photo, their rear wheels are crossing the line. So Renée was moving faster at the end, but mis-timed her jump by however little time it takes to make the quarter-inch or so difference between them at the instant of the finish, which is when Connie's front wheel hit the line. I never saw the offical photo-finish, but I heard it was a few mm. That was the closest Renée, or any bike I built, got to winning a World Championship*. Ah well.
* Unless you count Masters (age-graded) Worlds, where folks on my frames have won a few golds.

Renée's husband Ken Carpenter got 5th at that same '90 Worlds, also in Match Sprint, on a frame I built. He also rode it to 5th and 6th in the Olympics the two times he went, and Gold 5 times in a row at USA Nationals, which is something, I guess. Ken's frame was the stiffest frame I ever built. Here's a pic of it with no decals...


(photo by Marty Gierke)

... no decals because he was on a team that was supposed to ride Merlins, but Merlin tried (twice!) and failed to make him a Ti frame that was stiff enough.
Later they painted it to look like Ti and put Merlin decals on it.
On his previous team, the same frame had Specialized decals.

Of note, his holder in the pic is Gibby Hatton, and the legs in the background are none other than Nelson "Cheetah" Vails.

OK off on a tangent AGAIN. Don't get me started!