Columbus steel experts: Nivacrom / Nivracom?

[Double-E F]

What's the difference (apart from how it's spelled )?

 

[BoyBurning]

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One is an incorrect spelling...!

NivaCrom is a specific type of alloyed steel they used in (for example) Max, Genius, Nemo tubing sets.

Never heard of NivraCrom!

 

[BoyBurning]

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Or even Nivracom... doh!

 

[Double-E F]

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It is a confusing combination of letters, isn't it..? Especially when your brain already thinks that it knows what it should be reading.

Nonetheless, the decal on my Bianchi frame really reads NIVRACOM:

Maybe an Italian Gil_M had a couple too many limoncellos..

 

[FluffyChicken]

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Ni (nickel or niobium?)
va (Vanadium)
crom (chrome, chromoly, cro-mo..)
Something like that, it's a patent name so no other ways to spell it

 

[Double-E F]

Guess I bought a fake Columbus frame then..
Any other way to ID it?

 

[FluffyChicken]

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X Does it have the shaped tubing?X Edit scratch that's its internal butting shapes, no external.

Or just poor repro stickers, or a bad day at the printers.

 

[Double-E F]

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You had me worried there: I don't recall seeing a particular shape in the tubes..
It has Bianchi stamped on the top of the BB shell and the s/n looks legit, including the size stamped, so I guess the frame is OK, regardless of the decal.

Cheers for your responses!

 

[foxb13]

No Columbus expert here, but this remains me a similar mistake on some high-end Rocky Mountain IIRC where "titanium" or "Sandvik" or *I don't remember what* was incorrectly spelled. And this was on the stock decals. The repros were fine

 

[foxb13]

No Columbus expert here, but this remains me a similar mistake on some high-end Rocky Mountain IIRC where "titanium" or "Sandvik" or *I don't remember what* was incorrectly spelled. And this was on the stock decals. The repros were fine

I was close :facepalm:: it was on the Rocky Mountain Ti Bolt where "Custom gauge titanium" was spelled as "Custom guage titanium":

You can read more about this at viewtopic.php?f=6&t=245840&hilit=rocky+mountain+titanium&start=110 but this is OT with your question