A tale of two tubes
03-14-11, 07:18 AM
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A tale of two tubes
A while back I posted looking for info on a Cinelli Genius, named after the columbus tubing it was made from, without much luck. Searching the internet hasn't provided much either, until today, when I found this nice article on the differences between Columbus Genius and Reynolds 731. Seems to have been a pretty good material, so I wonder why there's so little info on it online?
https://www.mandaric.com/scans_other/...731_pg1_2.html
https://www.mandaric.com/scans_other/...731_pg1_2.html
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Hey - Thanks for the link - I know some time in the distant future or past my love for this kind of information will be rewarded...
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AS Collie, you are one of us, and welcome to C&V.
Thanks for posting that information.
I just watched another video of L'Eroica.
I really hope to take an Italian tour one of these days, though bikes seem to be another universal language.
One of the riders interviewed put it very well, a young guy:
"I've always ridden carbon bikes, and I still do. However, once I got one of these older bikes, it's a different world, and I love it."
Makes me want to find about a 60's-70's bike, overhaul it, and save my money for a trip to Italy.
Thanks for posting that information.
I just watched another video of L'Eroica.
I really hope to take an Italian tour one of these days, though bikes seem to be another universal language.
One of the riders interviewed put it very well, a young guy:
"I've always ridden carbon bikes, and I still do. However, once I got one of these older bikes, it's a different world, and I love it."
Makes me want to find about a 60's-70's bike, overhaul it, and save my money for a trip to Italy.
03-14-11, 05:24 PM
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03-14-11, 06:43 PM
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I think it's all down to market forces: those '90s advances in metallurgy and manufacturing sophistication turned out to be at the end of steel's popularity for big-volume frame production. Aluminum (and turns out the Chinese government was instrumental in this) was crowding out all other materials except for 'boutique' frames at the high end of the spectrum, where there sat titanium and carbon fiber to take their share of the fat money from the elite customers (who are tempted by the lure of "The New Thing", which steel can't claim, even if it's so refined a steel).
Good thing there are still builders and customers for steel enough that some firms will still make tubing out of it.
Good thing there are still builders and customers for steel enough that some firms will still make tubing out of it.
03-15-11, 02:41 AM
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Unworthy1, I assumed as much. Didn't know about the dastardly Chinese though! For me, Carbon's out of the question. I don't race competitively, I don't have sponsors that'll pay for it and I don't need to shave grams off the bike's weight, because having one less beer the night before will do the same thing. I admire those bikes, but they don't fit my purpose. And I love reading about new types of steel and new and innovative builders using it. It's great to have so many options out there, and the bike world without CF or steel (I wonder would anyone miss aluminum?) frames would be poorer.
