After riding a Marinoni Delta (Columbus Airplane aluminum frame) for the past 15 years, I thought it was time to see how real steel is. And, oh boy, is it ever real. For long distance rides (80km+), the road vibrations don’t impact my body like the aluminum frame did.
This is my Marinoni Piuma custom steel road bike designed and made by Marinoni. It took about six weeks to get delivery of it after completing a fitting session with them. It’s a fairly large frame (I’m 6’2″ and 180 lbs) and the bike as shown on the photo weighs 18 lbs. The paint is black and bronze.
**Wheels**: Campagnolo Zonda C17. I’m wondering whether the Shamal Ultra C17 would make a big difference compared to the Zonda, but I couldn’t find strong arguments to switch…yet. Tires are 25mm Continental Grand Prix 4000s II.
**Cockpit:** Deda Superleggero (stem, handlebar and seatpost)
**Saddle:** Selle SMP Well (the most comfortable saddle I tried so far)
**Groupset:** Campagnolo Chorus 12s (mechanical)
**Pedals:** Favero Assioma Duo
**Lights and accessories:** Trek RT front/rear light; Garmin Varia RTL515 attached to a KOM Cycling saddle bag; Wahoo Elemnt Bolt v2, Supacaz bar tape, Elite Vico Carbon bottle cages
Looking forward to many rides (sunny or raining) with this one. 💖
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Beautiful. And thank you for riding Campy.
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Very nice bike. Nice to see some Campy mechanical as well.
I have the Well on our indoor bike, mainly because I expected my wife to be more comfy on this than on Drakon or Dynamic I already had on other bikes. Personally I don’t like the Well so much, my favourite by far it’s their F20/30 CSi series. No padding at all but extremely compliant..
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After riding a Marinoni Delta (Columbus Airplane aluminum frame) for the past 15 years, I thought it was time to see how real steel is. And, oh boy, is it ever real. For long distance rides (80km+), the road vibrations don’t impact my body like the aluminum frame did.
This is my Marinoni Piuma custom steel road bike designed and made by Marinoni. It took about six weeks to get delivery of it after completing a fitting session with them. It’s a fairly large frame (I’m 6’2″ and 180 lbs) and the bike as shown on the photo weighs 18 lbs. The paint is black and bronze.
**Wheels**: Campagnolo Zonda C17. I’m wondering whether the Shamal Ultra C17 would make a big difference compared to the Zonda, but I couldn’t find strong arguments to switch…yet. Tires are 25mm Continental Grand Prix 4000s II.
**Cockpit:** Deda Superleggero (stem, handlebar and seatpost)
**Saddle:** Selle SMP Well (the most comfortable saddle I tried so far)
**Groupset:** Campagnolo Chorus 12s (mechanical)
**Pedals:** Favero Assioma Duo
**Lights and accessories:** Trek RT front/rear light; Garmin Varia RTL515 attached to a KOM Cycling saddle bag; Wahoo Elemnt Bolt v2, Supacaz bar tape, Elite Vico Carbon bottle cages
Looking forward to many rides (sunny or raining) with this one. 💖
Beautiful. And thank you for riding Campy.
Very nice bike. Nice to see some Campy mechanical as well.
I have the Well on our indoor bike, mainly because I expected my wife to be more comfy on this than on Drakon or Dynamic I already had on other bikes. Personally I don’t like the Well so much, my favourite by far it’s their F20/30 CSi series. No padding at all but extremely compliant..