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Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Columbus tubing, Savile Road put together a team of two legendary Italian brands and U.S framebuilder David Kirk of Kirk Frameworks to produce a tribute bicycle.
Steven Le Boyer of Savile Road explains, “We do custom bikes, and I’ve always had great respect for the Columbus brand. So I went to David Kirk to create a bicycle that celebrates both tradition and innovation, two qualities that Columbus embraces.”
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Kirk designed a frame made from Columbus Cento steel tubing, their special edition that marks 100 years in bicycle tubing production. The frame sports innovations like a custom shaped headtube and Kirk’s signature curved seatstays, but pays homage to tradition with artistic flourishes like the Columbus dove cameos on the seat cluster.
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Navigating the fine balance between innovation and tradition that he sought for this project, Le Boyer chose paint in a striking signal green color used by Porsche, rather than the more cliched Ferrari red.
For a bike that celebrates Italian heritage, there could be only one choice for components, and Campagnolo provided a rim brake Super Record gruppo.
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Angelo Caccia of Columbus joined Le Boyer for a special ceremony to mark the collaboration.
Le Boyer said that Kirk may produce other framesets from Columbus Cento tubing, but a very limited number, perhaps 5 at the most.