Venturi Columbus Genius Italian 🇮🇹 Fillet Brazed unique race MTB

[ibbz]

This looks really nice all finished up mate.

Congrats!

Really enjoyed the more regular type of photos too. Bike really speaks for itself!

Thanks man! I left the black Ritchey grips on - didn’t seem to be an appropriate white alternative alas

 

[kingoffootball]

Thanks man - and thanks for your help and encouragement
Let’s see how it fares in BoTm - and the lack of love for Italian MTB’s!

Well it certainly won't finish without any votes!

 

[ibbz]

Took this for another ride and am loving it - I thought it may have been too big for all 5’7” of me but it isn’t!

 

[al-onestare]

Brilliant looking bike, super rapid. Have you thought about dropping Columbus a line to see if they know anything about it's background?

 

[ibbz]

Brilliant looking bike, super rapid. Have you thought about dropping Columbus a line to see if they know anything about it's background?

Thanks so much man!
I hadn’t thought of that - sounds like the logical next step too as no luck chasing up Venturi of Cesena who seem to have closed shop after 100 years!

 

[ibbz]

I wrote to them ! Let’s see if they respond with anything helpful!

 

[ibbz]

A couple of more under different light

 

[Prodigal Son]

Nice frame and very nice race build... but which shifters are these? Either go w/ xtr m900 pods (very hard to find) or stick w/ thumbies just lik Tom Ritchey did in the early 90s on his P bikes.

 

[ibbz]

Nice frame and very nice race build... but which shifters are these? Either go w/ xtr m900 pods (very hard to find) or stick w/ thumbies just lik Tom Ritchey did in the early 90s on his P bikes.

Thanks - they’re Deore XT (M737/739) M008 shifters - from 1995/6 a couple years out but they’re my favourite shifters of the retro period and they go very well with the XTR M900 rear mech and shift like a dream

 

[ibbz]

Well I found another - or rather, trace of another, from brick lane bikes again. This isn’t in the site and just exists in an Instagram post. Beautiful - all Campag. Not as nice as mine though
Can’t find any more info and don’t know whether they sold it or not.
I may write to them
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAar74KBQlM/?igshid=e6mnl4rfo5ic