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Columbus Spirit Steel
Custom-drawn for Speciale Gravel. Almost 200g lighter than the previous Nemo — engineered specifically for high-performance gravel without losing the soul of steel.
KEY FEATURES
What makes it speciale
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Mounts for Bikepacking
Three bottle cages, top tube bag, fork cargo, rack bosses. Carry what the route demands.
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Dropper Post Compatible
Ready for technical terrain. Fit a dropper post and tackle whatever the trail throws at you.
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Suspension Fork Compatible
40mm suspended fork compatibility. When gravel becomes trail, you're already set up.
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UDH Compatible
Universal Derailleur Hanger dropouts for full compatibility with all current gravel drivetrains — now and in the future.
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Total Cable Integration
Full internal routing, mechanical or electronic, 1x or 2x. Clean outside, sorted inside.
Anatomy of a hand-built frame
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Hand-mitered Spirit tubesetEach joint mitered by hand before TIG welding — Columbus Spirit custom-drawn.
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Sculpted top tubeAesthetic signature of the Speciale family + torsional stiffness.
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T47 68mm BBStiffer, lighter, serviceable for life.
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UDH dropoutsCompatible with all current and future gravel drivetrains.
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Hand-painted finishEach frame painted and finished by hand in Milan.
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Columbus Spirit downtubeCustom-drawn tubeset shaped specifically for high-performance gravel — lighter, faster, still steel.
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Internal cable routingMechanical or electronic. 1× or 2×.
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Columbus Spirit seat tubeEngineered for elasticity and fatigue resistance. Dropper seat post compatible (31.6 mm)
THE BUILDS
- Drivetrain
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- Gears
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- Gear Type
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- Wheelset
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- Tires
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- Saddle
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- Handlebar
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- Drivetrain
- Sram Rival AXS EAGLE
- Gears
- 1x12
- Gear Type
- Electronic
- Wheelset
- Fulcrum Rapid Red AL
- Tires
- Vittoria Terreno Dry 700x47
- Saddle
- Fi’zi:k Argo X5
- Handlebar
- Cinelli Alu Handlebar 6061
- Drivetrain
- Sram Rival AXS Eagle
- Gears
- 1x12
- Gear Type
- Electronic
- Wheelset
- Fulcrum Rapid Red AL
- Tires
- Vittoria Mezcal XC 29x2.1
- Saddle
- Fi’zi:k Argo X5
- Handlebar
- Cinelli Alu Handlebar 6061
- Drivetrain
- Shimano GRX 820
- Gears
- 2x12
- Gear Type
- Mechanical
- Wheelset
- Fulcrum Rapid Red AL
- Tires
- Vittoria Mezcal XC 29x2.1
- Saddle
- Fi’zi:k Argo X5
- Handlebar
- Cinelli Alu Handlebar 6061
- Drivetrain
- Shimano GRX 610 mix
- Gears
- 1x12
- Gear Type
- Mechanical
- Wheelset
- Fulcrum Rapid Red AL
- Tires
- Vittoria Mezcal XC 29x2.1
- Saddle
- Fi’zi:k Argo X5
- Handlebar
- Cinelli Alu Handlebar 6061
one of the shortest supply chains in the industry.
Columbus draws the tubes. We weld them, paint them, and ship them — all from Milan. No middlemen, no outsourced production.
From raw steel to finished bike, everything happens within a few kilometers.
That's how we've always done it.
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Triple-butted
Variable wall thickness — thicker at the welds, thinner in the middle. Strength only where you need it.
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Heat-treated alloy
Higher yield, lower weight. Material does more work than the geometry asks of it.
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Tuned ride feel
Elasticity, fatigue resistance, comfort over long days. The reason riders keep coming back to steel.
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Lifetime warranty
Steel doesn't fatigue the way carbon does. We back this frame for life.
The 2026 palette
Eight finishes. One soul.
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