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Oliverjustiniano":3gk7lzdk said:
Thanks alot! Was thinking late 80s early 90s, but wasn't sure at all.
I can't really find anything about "oria" do you know where I can get some info maybe?
Thanks!
Sure. Oria were (are?... i think they now make carbon framesets) an Italian tube manufacturer that sourced its steel from German company Mannesmann. It was established in the early-mid 1980's to compete with Columbus. Oria is named after the town of Oriago in Venice province (in the Veneto region), where the company is located. Among the framebuilders that used Oria are Guerciotti, Tommasini, Montagner, Olmo, Dancelli, Daccordi, Faggin, Zullo, Moser, Concorde, Ciocc and Pinarello. It produced several varities of steel tubesets and the Tour de France of the year 1993 was won by Miguel Indurain aboard a Oria ML34 steel tubed Pinarello Banesto. Apart from the Tour winning ML34 they made a variety of others tubes:
1. Oria KK 1880g (similar to Columbus Max)
2. Oria ML34 1880g (similar in weight to Reynolds 653)
3. Oria GM 00 1940g - double butted set
4. Oria Ranf 1990g (similar to Columbus SLX/TSX)
5. Oria ML25 2080g (double butted, cold drawn, similar to Columbus Cromor)
6. Oria CroMoly 2190g (double butted, often tig-welded and came in a variety of shapes)
7. Oria TT (plain gauge similar to Columbus Gara)
8. Oria TT.0.8 (plain gauge tubeset like Columbus Aelle; 0.8mm tube thickness throughout in main tubes. 0.85 rear triangle)
9. Oria TC.0.9 2245g (plain gauge like Aelle but 0.9mm tube thickness throughout for every tube - intended for heavier riders or touring frames)
10. Oria HI Tension 2230g
11. Oria HI-Ten Oversize 2850g (used in mountain bike applications)