The Columbus Story: The Soul Of Cycling @GCNPlus
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Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
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Columbus steel is a name synonymous with cycling. Their steel frame tubing has been used on some of the world's greatest bikes. GCN's Jon Cannings is taking a historic dive into the Columbus video archives to tell the story of this extraordinary company.

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For a hundred years Columbus have made the steel tubes for many of the world’s greatest bikes - Merckx and Moser’s hour record machines, the hugely successful Cinelli Laser, Tour de France winning Pinarellos, Colnagos and more. GCN are in Italy to meet the head of the company Antonio Colombo, explores the factory to gain an exclusive insight into the Columbus film archives to discover what really makes Columbus the steel soul of cycling.

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