Steel is real
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Not far from Paris
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Bikes: 1992Giant Tourer,1992MeridaAlbon,1996Scapin,1998KonaKilaueua,1993Peugeot Prestige,1991RaleighTeamZ(to be upgraded),1998 Jamis Dragon,1992CTWallis(to be built),1998VettaTeam(to be built),1995Coppi(to be built),1993Grandis(to be built)
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I prefer Reynolds 631/853 and Dedacciai DR Zero/DR Zero Uno. Columbus as much as it is good is some what overrated especially with some of their series who weren't that light sl,slx,brain,thron, tsx or those prone to failure like the genius, cyber or to be prone to rust like the el os,max,min max and over max. The best series from columbus are the Air, gilco design used by colnago, neuron, nemo, foco, ultra foco, spirit, xcr, hyperion (columbus proprietary titanium 3AL 2.5V), altec, altec2 and starship. Excell made also good tubes but rarely seen on bikes,those were often used by French frame builder Jean Marie Pilorget