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Learn about the Technology behind Columbus Steel Tubes View Columbus Products. The story of the most famous steel tubes in the history of cycling began in 1919 when Angelo Luigi Colombo founded his steel mill with the ambition to “to do business in iron and steel and make a fair and honest profit".
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 ...
‘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.
The story of our company started in 1919. 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.
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.
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.
The third and last exhibition investigates the deep relationship among Columbus, Cinelli, bicycles and art. The exhibition Flessibili splendori: Columbus and the tubular furniture, opens on Wednesday, September 25th at 6.30 p.m. Set design curated by Franco Raggi.
