Columbus Syncros Revolutions

[one-eyed_jim]

A while ago I crashed my fixie in interesting circumstances and ended up replacing the fork. Long story. The old fork was a decent chromed Columbus model. The crown was twisted beyond repair, but I thought I might find a use for the blades, so I sawed them off and kept them. While sawing I got to thinking about tubular steel cranks, the tubing used to make them, and the similarity between these fork blades and the profiles of those cranks.

I seem to remember seeing Columbus tubing labels on some early Syncros steel cranks - I think this might be a pair here, for example:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/mai ... emId=29460

So, to get to the point, does anyone know if Syncros were using Columbus fork blades (or chainstays even, looking at the Max chainstays on that Serotta) to make their early Revolution cranks, or were Columbus drawing custom tubes for them? If they were, when did they stop, and why?

Thanks.

 

[Defiant]

i have a couple of those revolution cranks but never noticed any logo's from Columbus,..only on my serotta,..those tubes are from Columbus

 

[one-eyed_jim]

i have a couple of those revolution cranks but never noticed any logo's from Columbus

Only the very early models came with the pink triangular Columbus dove decal, I think. You can make it out in the T-Max picture I linked to. They also had a glossy black powder coat. The later True Temper versions were matte.

I've seen a better picture somewhere, but I can't find it just now.