Tell me about: Columbus Genius Nivacrom tubing

[legrandefromage]

Bought a Peugeot 'Team Line 2000' MTB frame at a cycle jumble on Saturday and its made of Columbus Genius nivacrom.

I'm not up on my Columbus and just wondered where it sat in the hierarchy.

The frame was £10, no forks, canti cable guides.

 

[marin man]

Don't tell him

 

[legrandefromage]

blah blah blah blah

So any way, back in the room.

 

[Shamus]

On of the best tubes on that time.

 

[Elev12k]

I am quite sure the particular frame can be found in Gallery 2 under 'Peugeot'

 

[tintin40]

Hope you will be posting a picture of your 'new' purchase soon.

 

[legrandefromage]

I am quite sure the particular frame can be found in Gallery 2 under 'Peugeot'

Found it - thanks. You catalogue shows a slightly later model but is close enough.

what was FL 4.995 back in the day?

I think I'll build it just to see how it rides and then think about a refinish later.


found this too:

http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.c ... frame.html

 

[Agency_Scum]

Very phukking agreeable ironwork indeed. At £10 you are exceeding the jamminess of a visible-from-space Robertsons Strawberry Jam factory.
It uses differentially shaped butts ( big word translation: the butts are shaped to the areas of highest stress ) and these are therefore shorter than normal. It was a strictly for tig welding tubeset. Bloody light, really tough.

 

[legrandefromage]

Very phukking agreeable ironwork indeed. At £10 you are exceeding the jamminess of a visible-from-space Robertsons Strawberry Jam factory.
It uses differentially shaped butts ( big word translation: the butts are shaped to the areas of highest stress ) and these are therefore shorter than normal. It was a strictly for tig welding tubeset. Bloody light, really tough.

I think it appeared because the Saracen blue & white was too damn small.

Lucky find eh? Same jumble had a Hetchins in original paint for £40...

Pics: headset cups are in loose as I was sizing up for some triple butted forks but they were too short.

 

[dbmtb]

Nivacrom was Columbus' top grade of steel.

Genius was an extra lightened version, optimised for TIG welding.

It's very nice - but so thin that a dent will possibly write off your frame. Have seen a couple of insurance cases on Genius road frames that had stuff fall on top of them - an the results weren't pretty.