Here's the start of a preview of the Italian contingent coming to the handmade bike festival "
Bespoked Bristol" in a few weeks time (12th to 14th April):
Columbus tubes - I suppose the Italian equivalent of Reynolds tubing - crop up all over Italian cycling history and have been used by Coppi, Anquetil, Baldini, Riviere, Bracke,
Ritter, Mercx, Moser, Oersted, as well as an extensive pre-history in Italian aircraft frames and even chassis for racing cars (Maserati and Ferrari).
English webpages - www.columbustubi.com/eng/1.htm
UK supplier -
www.ceeway.com/
More delicious Italian makers at Bespoked Bristool to follow.