Icons of cycling: Columbus tubing

We celebrate a triumph of Italian artistry

Columbus: fabled Italian brand ridden by the greats. Photo: Daniel Gould

Classic Italian racing cycles all have one thing in common: a small gold and red sticker with a white dove at its centre. That’s because there’s only one type of tubing that a classic Italian bike can be made from: Columbus.

Just like the most famous Italian marques - Colnago, Pinarello, De Rosa, Tommasini - Columbus is still a family business. The current president, Antonio Colombo, is the youngest son of Angelo Luigi Colombo, who founded the company in 1919.

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