The Cinelli XCR frame – welded from a custom drawn Columbus XCR tubeset – has been designed very simply to offer riders the purest and most direct experience of the cutting edge of steel cycling technology.
Released by Columbus in 2007, the XCR stainless steel tubeset represents the most important step forward in performance steel bicycle technology of the last 25 years. XCR was the world’s first – and still today is the world’s only – cold drawn seamless stainless steel tubeset. It is made from a martensitic stainless alloy whose superior mechanical characteristics (in particular its Ultimate Tensile Strength and End Strength) allow for sub 1,5 kg frame weights and superior weight/stiffness ratios than either aluminum or titanium. Additionally the structure of the XCR’s martensitic steel is able to absorb vibrations noticeably more rapidly and uniformly than any austenitic steel, resulting in subtle but uniquely “zingy” ride quality.
In order to exalt this technology, Cinelli’s XCR frame features the classic Cinelli Italian stage racing geometry, an oversized 44mm headtube, proprietary winged-C dropouts, a CNC’d Titanium headbadge featuring the original Cinelli heraldic logo, and all its tubes are hand-polished to a mirror finish, emphasizing the stainless steel construction.
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Description
| Taglie (c-f) / Sizes XS (45) - S (48) - M (50) - L (53) - XL (56) - Made to Measure | Telaio / frame COLUMBUS XCr Tubeset |
| Serie sterzo / headset ZS 44/28.6 | EC 44/40 | Reggisella / Seat Post Ø 31,6 mm |
| Stringisella / Seat Clamp Integrated | Scatola movimento / BB standard BSA 68mm |
| Deragliatore Anteriore / Ft. derailleur Clamp Ø33mm | Passaggio cavi / Cable routing External |
| Colore / Color Magic Mirror | Passaggio ruota / Tire clearance up to 700x28c |
| Forcella / Fork COLUMBUS Futura Caliper 1-1/8” - 1-1/2” | Peso / Weight Frame 1650 g (size M) - Fork 350g |
| Standard freni / Brakes standard Standard rim brake | Interasse mozzi/Hub spacing Front QR 100mm / Rear QR 130mm |
| Frame Kit / Kit Telaio Frame / Fork / Front derailleur Clamp / Gap cap | Caratteristiche / Features Xcr Stainless steel / Titanium Cinelli harald / Electronical custom ready / windged dropouts |
Geometry
| XS | S | M | L | XL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 450 | 480 | 500 | 530 | 560 |
| S | 415 | 445 | 465 | 495 | 525 |
| T1 | 515 | 525 | 545 | 560 | 580 |
| T | 498 | 509 | 530 | 544 | 564 |
| Head Tube | 98 | 104 | 121 | 139 | 172 |
| a° | 71,5 | 72 | 73 | 73,5 | 73,5 |
| b° | 74,5 | 74 | 73,5 | 73 | 72,5 |
| R | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| C | 403 | 405 | 405 | 408 | 408 |
| F | 570 | 572 | 579 | 583 | 599 |
| WB | 962 | 966 | 974 | 981 | 997 |
| E | 73 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 68 |
| Fork | 368 | 368 | 368 | 368 | 368 |
| St. Ov. | 725 | 738 | 762 | 787 | 816 |
| Stack | 491 | 498 | 516 | 535 | 560 |
| Reach | 378 | 382 | 390 | 396 | 403 |
A Magic Mirror XCR photographed on the factory floor that Columbus shares with Cinelli.
“When I start working XCR it’s like starting to ride up the Mortirolo.”
Emilvano Montorio, Columbus head of production, explains what it takes to draw a set of XCR tubes.
The remarkable intrinsic mechanical characteristics of the bi-phasic martensitic steel of the XCR mean that it can be cold-drawn up to 14 times to produce a metallurgically flawless, ultralight, extremely stiff tube with extraordinary stiffness/weight and ultimate tensile strength/weight ratios (superior to both aluminum and titanium)
