To the max! Sancineto Columbus Max

[Synthesis]

I´ve been fortunate to have a few Sancinetos so far, but when this frame and fork came up for sale in a Facebook group, I was lucky to first to say I would buy it (rule of the group, so no one use messenger to overbid each other) The frameset lookede a little dirty with some chips, but no dings so far as could see, and I knew I could polish the paint up to a good shine again.




What I thought was pitting in the Crome on the fork, was flaked off instead.
I desided to build it up, Neoretro style with Sram Force 22, Deda Seatpost and handlebar, 3T stem, FSA Duron X 1 headset, A wheelset I built some years ago (Carbon tub rims on Yuniper hubs) And to finish it of, a Fi:zik Arione K:1 Carbon seat, that I love.

 

[Dicky71]

How much did the frame cost? From what i've been reading about different types of tubing, Columbus MAX is the best model steel tubing available, prior to aluminium. I'm curious.

 

[Synthesis]

It was cheap 134£ or 161€ Columbus MAX is thinner in wall thickness than SLX and lighter, top tube is 07-04-07mm, and a tubeset without lugs weighs 1945g

 

[messy11]

thats a steal at that price! very nice bike

 

[losvizzero]

very very nice, what a model of handlebar is?

 

[zerogravitas]

Love the build. Very very sharp!

 

[tarloone]

What an utter bargain! Lovely looking frame. I’ve always liked those MAX tube shapes. They did a Mini Max tube set too, curious about that one.

 

[DSH]

That is lovely, and a real bargain compared to what I paid for mine

As you say you have a few Sancinetos you know just how good a ride they are. I hope you get many years and many miles (or KMs ) of fun out of it.

 

[FiveAlpha]

I saw this one for sale (DBA I think), but had too much on my plate at the time, and it looked like it would turn out much worse than this!

I have had a couple of Sancinetos (Columbus Neuron) and they are so well-made - I'd put them in a class above Pinarello/Colnago, for build quality.