Road model - $1,995 (frame only) Touring model - $2,595 (frame+fork) GENIUS Road - comes with a single color paint job, Braze-Ons for the front derailleur, front and rear derailleur cable stops/shifters, rear brake cable stops and two water bottle cage bosses. GENIUS Touring - comes with all of the above, plus a third pair of water bottle cage bosses, choice of single or double eyelets for rear/front rack and mud guards, Low Rider bosses on the front fork, and F+R cantilever brake bosses. For a bigger picture click on the image.
	In 1991 Columbus introduced a new steel in the bicycle tubing industry. The steel was called Nivacrom and the first tubing made from it was named GENIUS.
	Not only was the new steel superior to the others, but GENIUS also had Differential Butted Shape butts (DBS) a feature never before done on any other tube! The shape of the butt actually follows the area of the tube where most of the stress is. It comes in a different shape on different places on the tubes, and depending on it - it drastically varies in weight! Columbus made butted ends on GENIUS shorter, so the whole set was the first one strictly designed for TiG welding.
	TiG welding was never easier and more beautiful, thanks to the addition of Niobium - the alloying element - first time used in bicycle tubing for the purpose of helping steel to re-crystallize to its perfect state after the welding.
	Fork blades were as well dedicated for TiG welding. The unicrown shape allowed tire clearance to go up to 38mm, as shown on this Touring fork, and the blades would stay unbent - giving more control over the bike steering.
	A wide selection of tube thicknesses and diameters allowed GENIUS tubing to be used in many frame models, from world class road racing to MTB, and Touring - like this frame.
	Semi-vertical Rear Dropouts on the road frame (left) Seat Post binder collar comes on both road and touring frames (right).
	On Touring model bosses for 3rd Bottle Cage are standard (left). The head tube on all our GENIUS frames is reinforced with two rings, on top and bottom (right).
	Read about our GENIUS frames in this two articles from Bicycle Guide magazine. Click on the image for full story