Tell me about: Columbus Genius Nivacrom tubing

[sancho]

MAX OR is thicker walled - I think.

yup

http://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/columb ... schart.htm

 

[novekili]

Max is an older tubeset. It was the top of the range in 1992/3. When Genius was released, MAX was almost discontinued. The top of the line was genius followed by Cyber.

Genius is way lighter.

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

MAX OR is thicker walled - I think.

yup

http://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/columb ... schart.htm

good link, thanks

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

I had a genius tubed Coppi road bike. Amazingly lively ride. I would imagine an mtb made of genius tubing would be a blast.

I picked up an MTB made of Columbus MAXOR Nivacrom; it's fillet brazed, and pretty light stuff...but looks fragile. Perhaps it's not.

MAX OR is not a light frameset.. well not heavy but not the lightweights. Mid/late 90 Kona Explosifs are made of the stuff and you'll find top end road bikes with it as well (not the OR just MAX). from later 80 onwards.

If it's lugged it much heavier. Fillet, be interesting to see that. Directionally stiff.

Hmmm, seems that MAX and not MAX OR was used on the early Moda frames; some more MAX info in this article I just scanned:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=130158

 

[Piers]

You are sooo lucky
Build it and ride it hard.
I had a Hardisty custom Genius MTB (candy apple red with RC30s). I loved it. It felt so alive and fast over everything, especially rooty and rocky singletrack.
Genius tubing was made for welding - brazing would take too long and allow too much heat to build-up in the tube past the butting.
I could just about get the toptube to squeeze in abit under thumb and finger pressure.
It's dead now due to an idiot in a car.