Columbus Max Appreciation

well, the flipside is that I have a set of AX deltas with the possibility of hand crafting a clamp to fit the adjustable slot that the bolt goes through on the caliper.

I might just move to the south pacific and forget all about customising impractical bicycles for frolicking in the surf with bare chested women instead though.

Dibs on the max frame in that case.

Technically, yes. But I wouldn't recommend it.

If you look at rather old bikes, the seat stay bridge is sometimes just a drilled tube. But that was before they figured out that the caliper is pulled down and forward under braking, which will elongate the hole.

Compare with the bridge on any half-decent bike built in the last (at least) forty years.

By now, I'm sure you've guessed that this won't end well for either your frame or your boyish good looks.

That's assuming you haven't fucked-up drilling the hole in the first place. You won't get the frame under a drill press, so you'll need to fabricate a guide that sites both holes centrally over the rim, co-axial to each other and parallel to the contact point of the brake pads on the rim.

Is there a chain stay bridge? You could happily fuck that up without offending anyone (or the resale value) and mount a brake there. I'd go with a single pivot brake like a Weinmann 500 and let the flex in the arms take some of the strain.

EDIT
Predictably, Tstr has a jig so presumably drilling the bridge and fitting a brake is "approved".

Which, if confirmation were needed, just goes to show what I know.

after LBL i like this even more than before

Really need to take a new pic of this, it's got a few mods that make it look a bit cooler, I think. Rear brake stop is still not fixed :/

Still, I think it's pretty light for a steel mtb, I'm not sure I buy all that about Max OR being a boat anchor.

What an amazing frame, thanks for sharing!

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F163028483504

Rossin MAX complete build!

Bit of a mismatch of parts but the frameset looks amazing

Although £800 is a lot looking at the value of the components

Bottecchia, 1990

1 Attachment

Pure

Current Max Stable:

2 Attachments

Strong!

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/rennrad-koga-miyata-fullpro-58-cm-campagnolo-chorus-columbus-max/874800057-217-3478?utm_campaign=email-SavedSearch&utm_medium=system_email&utm_source=email&utm_content=ViewAd

I´m sad but happy it´s not my size.

Decided I don't have the space or money to justify holding onto this. Asking a little less than what I paid -£275 and including a headset for free- installed and ready to go (brand new stronglight with cartridge bearings in silver). Aside from the headset I never got round to building it up.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/2984­02/

Collection is from Camberwell, se5

Thanks!

Interesting? (Not mine);
https://www.marktplaats.nl/a/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-racefietsen/m1289431794-los-frame-columbus-max-buizen-59-5-cm-doorgeroeste-bovenbuis.html?c=8c285449651fa109c354bbabe740c1b&previousPage=lr

Interesting?

Eh...

Up close it looks even worse.

just a scratch. It'll buff out.

just a scratch. It'll buff out.

You're right.

Yeah ...., it could be a nice project for the pan flute players among us as cyclists.