Tephra XCR

Stainless Steel is not a new wonder material, but one that has been sorely absent from the bike world in a form that is an improvement over the current crop of steels. Until now.

Columbus' new XCR stainless ticks all the right boxes - It's a seamless tube, the welding wire is readily available so as to make a nice, strong and homogenous structure, and under it's 'proper' name of APX4S is a well known and widely used material. Combine that with Columbus' penchant for quality and as they say, "We have a winner!" 

With the classic ride of steel now with stainless' renowned corrosion resistance, the Tephra XCR could be the ultimate in custom steel. 

Creature Features at a glance

• Columbus XCR tubing throughout
• 17-4 stainless dropouts and BB shell
• Reynolds unidirectional carbon seatstays available for upcharge
• 1500g approx for a 56cm
• Available with new for 09 Edge Composites 2.0 fork and Crank Bros Cobalt headset
• Available in blasted or brushed finishes or the classic 'chrome' rear (upcharge)
• Full custom geometry

Upspecs from the Tephra SL

• XCr tubing is corrosion resistant

Notes

• Look for a test in the October 2008 edition of RIDE Cycling Review