IN BRIEF
According to Rennrad-News, Columbus is expanding its catalogue with the Milanese brand’s first one-piece cockpits — bar and stem moulded together: the Spirit Road for road, the Futura All-Road for all-road and the Cento Gravel for gravel. They are quoted at between 340 and 357 g depending on the reference size, and listed at €699 each on the brand’s official store, whichever the model. Three carbon forks come alongside them — Fast Gravel, Futura Divide and Futura Allroad Trefoil — with tyre clearance from 45 to 63 mm and prices starting at €558 in the raw, ready-to-paint finish. The existing Futura Adventure is also now officially approved for 32-inch wheels. All six components are already listed in the store.
| Spirit Road | Road — 36/38/40 cm, stems 90 to 130 mm, drop 115 / reach 75 mm, flare 10°, 340 g (38 cm / 110 mm) — €699 |
| Futura All-Road | All-road — 38/40/42 cm, stems 90 to 120 mm, drop 110 / reach 70 mm, flare 6°, 357 g (40 cm / 110 mm) — €699 |
| Cento Gravel | Gravel — 40/42/44 cm, stems 90 to 110 mm, drop 115 / reach 75 mm, flare 15°, 340 g (42 cm / 100 mm) — €699 |
| Size combinations | 36 in total across the three cockpits |
| Forks | Fast Gravel, Futura Divide, Futura Allroad Trefoil — carbon, tapered steerer 1 1/8″ to 1 1/2″, flat-mount, 12 mm axle |
| Tyre clearance (forks) | 45 to 63 mm depending on the model |
| Fork prices | From €558 raw, ready to paint; Futura Divide listed higher at €630 in the store |
Columbus is first and foremost a tubing manufacturer: the Milanese brand has been making its tubes in Milan since 1919, and its name is mostly read on the seat tube sticker. It has nonetheless just added six items to its component catalogue, among them three Columbus cockpits of a kind that is new for the brand.
Three one-piece Columbus cockpits, from road to gravel
Until now, to make cables disappear, Columbus offered its Trittico system: a bar, a stem and a matching Trefoil fork, to be assembled. The Spirit Road, the Futura All-Road and the Cento Gravel follow an entirely different principle — a single piece of carbon, with fully internal cable routing.
The trade-off is a known one: you gain in tidiness and stiffness, you lose the option of changing a stem without changing the bar. Columbus makes up for it by multiplying the part numbers: according to Rennrad-News, 36 width/length combinations in total, 15 of them for the Spirit Road, from 36 to 40 cm wide and with stems from 90 to 130 mm. That is more than many integrated cockpits offer, but it means choosing your position before buying rather than after.
Three bars, three clearly assumed uses
The Spirit Road is the road version. Its flattened tops take an aerofoil profile with 2° of backsweep, and Columbus widens the gripping area in the drops to house three fingers — a “3 finger zone” that the brand claims in its product sheet. Rennrad-News notes, on the other hand, that the manufacturer refrains from announcing a single watt or drag figure to back up the aerodynamic shape. Claimed weight: 340 g in 38 cm with a 110 mm stem.
The Futura All-Road tightens the hand positions: 110 mm of drop, 70 mm of reach, a moderate 6° of flare. Its distinctive feature is a channel cut into the top of the bar to house the bar tape, so as to avoid the step between the wrapped section and the bare one. It is quoted at 357 g in 40 cm.
The Cento Gravel posts the same weight as the Spirit Road, 340 g, but with 15° of flare: the width increases markedly at the hooks, while drop and reach stay compact, at 115 and 75 mm. Columbus offers it up to 44 cm, limiting stems to between 90 and 110 mm. Its spec sheet stresses one practical point that bikepackers will appreciate: the shape of the tops leaves room for a handlebar bag.
Three carbon forks, from racing to bikepacking
The three forks share a common base: carbon, a tapered steerer from 1 1/8″ to 1 1/2″, flat-mount fixings and a 12 mm thru-axle. They differ in tyre clearance, fork height, mounting points and cable routing. For now Columbus refrains from announcing weights, which, in this segment, does get noticed.
The Fast Gravel is aimed at racing: no luggage eyelets, no mudguard mounts, a smooth shape and a fully internal brake hose — for a claimed clearance of up to 50 mm of tyre all the same. At the other end of the spectrum, the Futura Divide is made for setting off loaded: its official spec sheet announces a 435 mm axle-to-crown height, 29-inch tyres up to 2.3in, an oversized 1.5in steerer and the Multi-Rake system, which allows the offset to be adjusted according to the load. Added to that are cargo cage inserts on the legs and internal dynamo cable routing. It is listed at €630 on the brand’s store.
In between the two, the Futura Allroad Trefoil combines a compact fork height with full cable integration through the proprietary Trefoil steerer, with its clover-shaped section, which calls for a matching Columbus expander. One detail to check before buying: compatibility with the frame, the headset and the cockpit is settled there.
One last point, discreet but useful: the Futura Adventure already in the catalogue — 15 × 110 mm Boost axle, Multi-Rake, eyelets, internal dynamo routing — is now explicitly approved for 32-inch wheels. The format, which has appeared at a few manufacturers in recent months, thus gains one more fork.
