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1. www.columbus1919.com › en › historyHistory – Columbus

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   The Soul of Cycling since 1919. In 1919, as Europe emerged from the ashes of the Great War, a twenty-seven year old Angelo Luigi ‘A.L.’ Colombo signed the lease on a small factory and so began the production of steel tubes.

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3. www.architecturaldigest.com › story › a-forgottenA Forgotten Chapter in Tubular Steel Furniture History Was ...

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   Sep 24, 2019 · In 1919, Milan-based industrialist Angelo Luigi Colombo founded an eponymous metallurgy, which quickly achieved preeminence in crafting thin, strong steel tubes with highly durable chrome...

4. www.abitare.it › en › design-enColumbus and the golden age of design - Abitare

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   Aug 23, 2019 · Taking up Breuer’s suggestion, Angelo Luigi Colombo would sign an agreement for the exclusive right to produce, under his Columbus brand, the furniture of Breuer and other architects of the Bauhaus and the Swiss-German school, like Flora Steiger and Werner Moser.

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5. www.columbus1919.com › en › columbus-and-wohnbedarfColumbus and Wohnbedarf license – Columbus

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   Following Breuer’s suggestion, Angelo Luigi Colombo signs an agreement to realize exclusively and to produce under licence, with its Columbus brand, the furniture for Breuer and other architects of the Bauhaus and of the Swiss-German school, such as Flora Steiger and Werner Moser.

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   The story of our company started in 1919. Our History. When Angelo Luigi Colombo, assisted by his brother Martino, founded the first Italian drawing mill of seamless precision steel tubes in Milan, the A. L. Colombo.

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   Columbus’ is an important story in the history of Italian design, well preserved and re-built thanks to the meritorious will of Antonio Colombo, son of Angelo Luigi, who wanted to create the Columbus Archive, encouraging studies, publications (the volume Flessibili splendori.

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   What is the history of Columbus & Colombo?

   • The history of Columbus goes back to 1919 when Angelo Luigi Colombo (or A.L.) first set up a shop to produce steel tubing. In the 1920s Colombo's tubing was used for aircraft applications, and also, according to their own history page, frames for motorcycles.

   The Retrogrouch: Classic Tubes: Columbus - Blogger

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   Who is Antonio Colombo?

   • ‘Columbus’, a new company dedicated to the development and production of specialist tubes for bicycle frames, is formed in 1977. Antonio Colombo, son of Angelo Luigi, leaves his position as President of A.L. Colombo to devote himself entirely to the new-born Columbus.

   History – Columbus

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   When did Colombo tubing come out?

   • In the 1920s Colombo's tubing was used for aircraft applications, and also, according to their own history page, frames for motorcycles. They first began making double-butted tubing for bicycles in 1930, the same year they created the "Columbus" brand name. An early 80s decal.

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   Who is Angelo Luigi?

   • With his tubing well-proven in the bicycle industry, Angelo Luigi saw strength in creativity and diversity and was soon supplying material for the tubular frames of seaplanes and road vehicles, as well as for furniture and ski-poles.

   History – Columbus

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   Who wore a tube in Colombo?

   • Fangio (‘El Maestro’), Ascari and ‘Gigi’ Villoresi were carried to victory on Colombo chassis. Some of the tube profiles created at this time will find their application onto bicycle frames in the following years. ‘Columbus’, a new company dedicated to the development and production of specialist tubes for bicycle frames, is formed in 1977.

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   Why did Colombo build a butting machine?

   • Colombo even designed and built their own butting machines to manufacture the tubes with tapering wall thickness – reinforcing the tubes at the joints where stresses are greatest. Colombo supplied tubes for racing car skeletons and Colombo’s son, Gilberto, designed chassis for the immortal Italian manufacturers Lancia, Maserati and Ferrari.

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9. bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com › 2014 › 01The Retrogrouch: Classic Tubes: Columbus - Blogger

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   The history of Columbus goes back to 1919 when Angelo Luigi Colombo (or A.L.) first set up a shop to produce steel tubing. In the 1920s Colombo's tubing was used for aircraft applications, and also, according to their own history page, frames for motorcycles.