steel is real

As an old guy (Gen X, aka 1970) rider... I grew up very aware of who Tom Ritchey is and the impact he had on cycling. When I started working in shops in the late 80's, you might be lucky to see one, maybe two Ritchey's a year come in for service. Only the best/top mechanic got to work on them...

Colnago is the best known name in cycling history. Colnago Super when it was first released in 1968 became one of those reasons why Colnago name got into cycling history. Made with Columbus SL tubes that allowed frame to be stiffer and lighter also they were usually paired with Campagnolo Nuovo...

For sale one of the well known italian frame builders Mario Rossin (who also worked as a framebuilder for Colnago) steel frameset built under his name. Made from Columbus Matrix tubing (Columbus Matrix was the first name for Colombus Cromor; Matrix became Cromor when Trek asserted their right to...

Before 1991 when Ciocc founder Giovanni Pelizzoli retired and passed his business to his long-time apprentices, Stefano Bonati, Cesare Biondi and Biffi Giuseppe. Biondi was making custom order frames for road and track applications. To this day there is very limited information about the frames...