
Material
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steel
Technical
- The MAX concept originates with Columbus research. The steel used is Nivacrom; thanks to
its extraordinary toughness, the tubes thickness has been cut to 0.4mm, making the tubes
extremely light. A standard section in a so thin tube would normally make the frame too
flexible and so reduce riding performance. i.e. part of the energy generated during
pedaling would translate into bicycle deformation. To reduce the flexibility in a MAX tube
down to optimum level, the diameters of the tubes need to be increased. In the MAX set
this is done selectively, by adopting elliptical sections in areas under the greatest
stresses, which are oriented with their major axis along the direction of the stress
itself. In the steering area, which is particularly vulnerable to the stresses induced by
terrain, the top and down tubes have major axes in longitudinal plane. By contrast, in the
areas around the bottom bracket, the top and down tubes have their major axis in
transversal plane, in order to better withstand the alternate oscillation which is
especially high during sprints.
Spares available, down tubes, seat tubes, chain stays, fork blades.
MAX road frame |
|
Code |
|
|
|
Tube |
TT |
MAXL11 |
a |
L=600, 635, 650 0.7/0.4/0.7 |
227 g |
 |
DT |
MAXL12 |
a |
L=650, 0.8/0.5/0.8 |
305 g |
 |
ST |
MAXL13 |
a |
L=635, 0.8/0.5 |
276 g |
 |
CS |
MAXL14OV |
a |
L=410, 0.6 |
138 g |
 |
SS |
MAX615OV |
a |
L=560, 0.7 |
114 g |
 |
HT |
SL0I18 |
a |
L=180, 1
600mm lengths available |
84 g |
 |
FB |
MAXL16V2 |
a |
L=390, 0.9/0.6
Non Columbus MAX aero blades fully profiled also stocked.
|
160 g |
 |
SC |
SL0I17 |
a |
25.4, L=180-320, 2/1.55 300mm unthreaded
available |
175 g |
 |
Weight of 8 tubes for 54 cm
centre to centre frame = 1376 g |
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