Cinelli (Italy) - Press Release: TIG-welded from a custom drawn Columbus XCr seamless triple butted patented stainless steel tubeset, Cinelli XCR frame has been designed to provide the rider with the purest and most immediate experience of the absolute cutting edge of steel cycling technology.

It was back in 2007 when Columbus released the XCr Hinox steel tubeset, the result of a superior effort of R&D leading to the most relevant innovation in performance steel bicycle technology ot the last 25 years: the world's first cold drawn seamless stainless steel tubeset, drawn between 12 and 15 times, thus allowing for an extraordinary stiffness/weight and ultimate tensile strenght/ weight ratio (superior to both aluminum and titanium), and obtaining its final thickness of 0,35-0,4mm, a super-thin leaf indeed. Amazing, isn't it?

Therefore, today, the XCR frame embodies heritage and innovation, featuring, on a classic Cinelli italian stage racing geometry:

• Sub 1,5 Kg frame weight for a top-end racing bike
• Oversized round tubes (eg. 38,4 mm downtube) with oriented ovalization at the bottom bracket for best force distribution and optimization
• Oversized 44mm headtube, on a 1,5" Columbus FUTURA carbon monocoque fork, for precise handling in any conditions and stable descent radius drawing
• Proprietary ultralight stainless steel 316L tig welded forged winged dropouts, attractive in design and enabling an easy wheel fitting
• Integrated hanger, to guarantee a fast and ultra precise shifting in any conditions
• Proprietary fast-back seatstays
• CNC’d Titanium headbadge, featuring the original Cinelli heraldic logo
• Mirror finish, emphasizing the stainless steel construction, the hand-polished precious finishing
• Made in Italy
• Available in custom measures, either in the classic Magic Mirror design or in the Red Matador colour

The overwhelming feelings deriving from this ultimate reactive and stiff steel machine, keep being comfort, racing quality and power. XCR is a race bike designed for long miles and long life, the joy both for racers in its performance and climbing inner qualities and for randonneurs who wish to count on stainless durable and comfortable power transfer.

Well worth a try!