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

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   To give increased strength and reduced weight, Colombo began experimenting with ‘butted’ tubes – with variable wall thickness along their length. Three years later, in 1930, Angelo Luigi created the brand name ‘Columbus’, which was initially only associated with tubular chromed-steel furniture.

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2. 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...

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

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   Aug 23, 2019 · The story of Columbus is an important one for the history of Italian design, and one that it has been possible to preserve and reconstruct thanks to the meritorious efforts of Antonio Colombo, Angelo Luigi’s son.

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4. columbustubi.com › wp-content › uploads2020 STEEL TUBES LINE - Columbus

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   Colombo supplied tubes for racing car skeletons and Colombo’s son, Gilberto, designed chassis for the immortal Italian manufacturers Lancia, Maserati and Ferrari.

5. 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.

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6. colomboarte.com › en › columbus-continuum-flessibilicolumbus continuum - ANTONIO COLOMBO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA

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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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   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.

   History – Columbus

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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.

   History – Columbus

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   Why was Colombo important in the 1920s?

   • Italy was at the forefront of aviation in the 1920s, and Colombo enjoyed a strong relationship with Caproni, manufacturing the tubing that formed the backbone of their famous aircraft.

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8. made.bike › builders › columbus-tubingColumbus Tubing - Made.bike

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   The story of the most famous steel tubes in the history of cycling began in 1919 when Angelo Luigi Colombo founded his steelery with the ambition to “to do business in iron and steel and make a fair and honest profit,”. In the 1930s, Colombo created the name Columbus for cycling-specific tubes: producing the first reinforced tubes with a ...