Casati

Owner Ned sends this photo of his Casati "Settantenario" (70th anniversary) MAX bike, serial number 25.

Although the bike is labled is MAX the only typical MAX tube is the seattube; the top tube is round, and the down tube is round at the headtube. Neither the chainstays or fork (also labeled MAX) look like MAX. Perhaps this is a mix of tubesets, or Casati did some in-house tube manipulation? Any information welcome.

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Marnati

Note: My thanks to Aaron for the photos of the frameset that Daniele Marnati built for him in 2010.

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Tommasini

Tommasini "Velocista". Click on photos to enlarge.

"Irio Tommasini has spent most of his life around bicycles. In 1948, while still racing as an amateur, he started working on bicycles. His building career started in Milan and in 1957 he started his own business in his home town of Grosseto. By the end of the 60's the Tommasini frames were well respected throughout Italy and were being exported for sale abroad. By that time Tommasini frames were already well appreciated for their fine finishes and true racing geometries. Amateur and professional racers had already been racing and winning on Tommasini's frames. Today, Irio and his employees produce between 2000 and 2500 frames per year with most of them being exported throughout the world."

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De Rosa

Photos courtesy of the all, all the time, De Rosa blog www.bikeadelic.blogspot.com

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Bianchi

Note: Bianchi "Proto".

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Zullo

C Y writes in with, "This is my Zullo MaxSilenus #13/20 with customize painting and straight dropout (not original horizontal dropout)."

Note: this is from the limited edition series that Zullo offered in 2010 of Max bikes which he named MaxSilenus. More about Tiziano Zullo here.

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Boschetti

My thanks to Ralf for these images of a Boschetti (by Rino Boschetti, located in Marano sul Panaro, near Modena).

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SOMEC

Note: SOMEC Promax. Short history of SOMEC here.

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Molk

Description: "Vintage MOLK (Switzerland) road bike frame/fork, Columbus Max. Probably made in early to mid 90s (was equipped with Campagnolo Record 8-speed Ergopower group). Probably custom tailored framework. Framework with Columbus MAX tubing and MOLK marked dropouts. Original paintwork in dark purple metallic with airbrushed gold coloured decaling. Chromed rear stays. Original matching fully chromed fork with Columbis MAX tubing."

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Argonaut

Note: Track model. Argonaut website: www.argonautcycles.com

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