Italian tubing and part maker Columbus has an all-new Trittico system of carbon bars, stem & fork developed to deliver trendy totally inside cable routing to the customized handmade bike market. Designed to suit inside a standard 1 1/8″ higher headset cup, the Columbus Trittico includes a distinctive Trefoil fork steerer tube that outperforms many different formed steerers. Plus, a inventive stem resolution delivers unmatched cockpit adjustability, with out messing along with your brake strains…
Columbus Trittico carbon cockpits combine handmade bikes
The concept behind these new Columbus Elements carbon Trittico components was easy. Give handmade bikes the choice to construct totally inside cable routing with present tubing – particularly headtube – sizing.
Columbus sells plenty of metal and (more and more) titanium tubesets to customized body builders. And although most of these now use so-called ‘outsized’ tubing diameters relative to old fashioned 1″ metal tubes. We’re nonetheless speaking a few most 44mm headtube for tapered 1.5-1.125″ steerer tubes.
Whereas outsized carbon bikes can usually get away with going to an enormous 1.5″ higher headset cup to suit shift & brake strains inside. Steel bikes begin to look bizarre with greater headtubes.
So, Trittico means protecting no matter 1 1/8″ higher headset cup you like. And routing cables inside it. Digital shifting solely although, so we’re solely speaking about inside routing of hydraulic brake strains, or digital wires on older groupsets.
How does it work?
To make that match, Columbus developed a brand new Trefoil steerer tube form for their very own full carbon forks. Their patent-pending design lops off the entrance 2 corners of the carbon fork steerer for the cables to slide down into the body. And naturally requires a proprietary expander to go inside.
As in comparison with related 1.125″ inside routing options with D-shaped or I-shaped steerers, the Columbus Trefoil design is uncompromisingly stiffer each front-to-back AND resisting lateral forces.
Unmatched built-in cockpit adjustability
Now, it’s comparatively straight-forward to route simply a few hydro brake strains inside a separate bar and stem, assuming the proper dimension routing holes all line up. However Columbus goes one step additional with their carbon Trittico stem. Right here, they use a outsized steerer clamp diameter, and fill out that area with an alloy sleeve spacer.
The outcome, one -8° stem might be adjusted in size by 5mm and its angle by 5°. All with out eradicating any hoses. The common black steerer sleeve might be left in its 0 place, or rotated 180° to offset stem size by +5mm. Or swap within the purple -5° angled insert sleeve, which retains the unique stem size, however lowers the handlebar creating an efficient -13° stem angle.
That glossy carbon stem will get a detachable alloy faceplate with hidden 3-bolts, and hidden GPS mount. So that you get each streamlined seems and real-world ease-of-use.
Mix it with ergonomically-shaped “Good Match” handlebars, and you may fine-tune your cockpit positioning, precisely as you like. Columbus provides their Trittico carbon bars distinctive shaping. With a divot for further area behind the lever for safer braking from the hoods – particularly for riders with small fingers who’ve adjusted their lever attain – and triangulated formed drops for further grip whereas sprinting.
Trefoil forks
The Columbus Trittico system is constructed across the Futura Trefoil full carbon 1.5″ tapered steerer street fork.
425g with 32mm tire clearance (367mm axle-crown, 45mm rake), flat mount 160mm (or 180mm) brake rotor compatibility, and a magnetic cowl to cover the entrance mounting bolts.
There additionally can be a Trittico-compatible Futura Trefoil Gravel fork with greater 700c x 57mm tire clearances, something cage & fender mounts, and dynamo wiring routing. The Futura Trefoil Gravel fork will get a 405mm a-c and adjustable 47/52mm offset, at a claimed 565g.
Trittico part specs & sizing
The carbon Trittico stems are customizable in each size and angle with their adjustable steerer tube sleeve. The 5 sizes are 90-130mm (in 10mm steps) with the usual -8° stem angle. Rotate the inventory black steerer sleeve 180° to offset size +5mm. It retains the -8° angle, however shifts the stem lengths to 95-135mm. Or an non-obligatory purple angled -5° insert sleeve retains the unique lengths, however lowers the entrance handlebar clamping space to create a -13° angle.
Columbus additionally created a direct out-front GPS/GoPro mount. Known as the Race Spoon, it mounts to 2 bolts on the underside of the Trittico stem.
The Trittico carbon street bars are available 40/42/44cm widths on the hoods, with delicate 4° flare within the drops (beneath the levers) for an additional 2.7cm of width (center-center) on the ends. The 31.8mm bars characteristic 71mm attain and 128mm drop, with a claimed weight of 215g.
Wider carbon Trittico gravel bars will add extra dramatic 15° flare. Plus, they characteristic an additional ergonomic loop on the ends of the drops, but solely a shade heavier at 225g. The 75mm attain/110mm drop gravel bars may also are available 40/42/44cm on the hoods. However, ultimately, 11cm wider on the drops due to the flare and additional 4° oustweep on the ends.
There’s additionally an identical carbon Trittico seatpost to complete out your contact factors. It’s accessible in 27.2 or 31.6mm diameter (200g or 210g). The seatpost options swappable 2-bolt head guts for 15mm or 25mm offset, spherical or carbon rail compatibility, and an uneven carbon shaft layup for optimum rider consolation.
Columbus Trittico – Choices, Pricing & Availability
Columbus designed the Trittico cockpit system as an integration resolution for customized handmade bike builders. So for now, your finest guess it to purchase a brand new customized street bike. Then, inform your body builder that that is what you need. Columbus says a lot of builders are already utilizing the Trittico system. Past the Jaegher bikes I photographed above, you may as well already discover Trittico-equipped bikes from Barco, Seashore Membership, Belle, Bixxis, Cinelli, Condor, Festka, Ioklin, Legot, Onguza, Passoni, Repete, Stelbel, Titici, Victoire, Wittson, and extra.
Formally, solely the street bike sequence with the Futura Trefoil street fork has launched to date. However Columbus shared renderings with us of a gravel sequence with a Futura Trefoil Gravel fork and flared carbon bar. And we’ve seen the gravel product names already pop up with some distributors. These seemingly are already making their option to bike builders early this yr.
As for aftermarket retrofit set up into your present bikes… Columbus has a “Pre-Order Now” contact kind on their microsite for customers seeking to purchase the Trittico system elements. However we’ve additionally seen the person elements already being provided on-line individually. With fork costs round 475€, stems/seatposts/bars for round 420€.
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