Curious about this Limongi
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Curious about this Limongi
I acquired this bike a couple of years ago and recently started riding it a couple of times. It has Columbus decals on the seat tube and fork. I am wondering if anyone might know what Columbus tubing was used to build this frame. Seatpost size seems to be 27.2
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What a nice bike, (excellent with a quill stem ) Should be SL tubes.
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Thanks. Yes, I know about the stem, but I had the bar and stem already so I bought the quill adapter. The bike had been a flat bar conversion so I was missing the brake levers from what is otherwise an all Mavic equipped bike down to the hubs and headset
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Limongi bikes are very well regarded here in the land of Marinoni. we are lucky, Limongi bikes were known for craftsmanship and racing frames. Rarer and a bit more expensive than Noni. Again lucky because they were local, they come up for sale quite often, some examples are quite beautiful.
Luckier still, Pepe Marinoni is still at it at the shop often. Brought him a frame last week, went to the shop, he said no problem bring it the back, I'll have a look. He just got back from a 100km ride 2 hours before, fresh as a rose.
the frame was a superb Limongi
Luckier still, Pepe Marinoni is still at it at the shop often. Brought him a frame last week, went to the shop, he said no problem bring it the back, I'll have a look. He just got back from a 100km ride 2 hours before, fresh as a rose.
the frame was a superb Limongi
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I don't think so, the paint is chipped in many places and the decals are coming off along the bottom of the top tube. Paint chips touched up with silver fingernail polish, looks good from a social distance
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Yours is very nice. The Columbus decals on mine do not specify what tubing was used although the 27.2 seatpost seems to indicate perhaps SL. Whatever tubing was used it has a nice smooth ride
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A young woman in my small town owns this one. I saw her riding through the campus one day but do you think I could catch her? So cool getting dropped by the young ones.
Anyway, they all seem to have extremely tight geometry. I got pics when spotted in the wild, at the grocers.
Anyway, they all seem to have extremely tight geometry. I got pics when spotted in the wild, at the grocers.
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