![]() ![]() Based upon Indurain's preference, all Banesto Line frames were constructed with Oria tubing. The Banesto Line was released in 1993 following Miguel Indurain's first two Tour de France (19) and first Giro d'Italia (1992) wins. Indurain's custom steel Pinarello TT bike with aero tubing and seatpost This model was available in red, blue with pearl white panels and pearl white with fluorescent splatter. The Gavia was constructed of Columbus TSX tubing. Greg LeMond, the winner of the Tour de France in 1986, 19, promoted designs that pushed the saddle further back. This provided more saddle setback than the Montello or other Pinarello designs. However, some older models of the Treviso (1981) did not have the chrome chain stay.Īfter the Montello SLX, Pinarello departed from his standard production design with parallel seat and head tube angles and created the Gavia. On the road it is easily distinguished from the Montello by the single chrome chain stay. This model also featured the sloping fork crown. Built with Columbus SL tubing, it featured a painted fork and seat stays, with chromed chain stays. The Pinarello Treviso was the second-in-line model under the Montello SLX in the mid-to-late '80's. The GPT logo (for Giovanni Pinarello, Treviso) appeared in many locations. ![]() Braze-ons for down-tube shifters, front derailleur and two water bottles were provided. The bottom bracket was investment cast with the Pinarello logo and the dropouts were by Campagnolo. The Montello was fabricated from Columbus SLX butted tubing with rifling down the inside center. Pinarellos from the mid-1980s often have the decals restored by owners as factory-applied decals where prone to flaking off. The Montello SLX was in red, blue and Spumoni. The Montello had a brake cable through the top tube, chrome sloping front fork and chrome on the drive side chain stay later models had the full rear triangle chromed. This model frame was one of the most responsive of the mid to late 1980s as shown by wins in events such as the 1984 Summer Olympics Road Race, Vuelta a España, the Giro d'Italia and stages of the Tour de France. The Pinarello Montello SLX was a landmark model for Pinarello as this was the frame with which Pinarello achieved their first major pro victories. ![]() Models Historical models Pinarello Montello with Campagnolo 50th Groupset ![]() Throughout the 1990s until 2004, Pinarello produced frames from conventional steel tubing using lugs, oversize tubing, oversize aluminium with TIG welded joints, magnesium and frames of carbon fiber and other materials. As noted above, the Banesto Line introduced in 1993 exclusively utilized Oria tubing: Oria Cromovan, Oria M元4, and Oria ML25. The first non-Italian tube was Tange Prestige for the US-based Levis Cycling team headed by Michael Fatka and ridden by Andrew Hampsten, Steve Tilford, Roy Knickmann, Thurlow Rogers in the mid-1980s. Pinarello used Columbus tubing for most of the 1980s but with tubing by Oria in the lower models in 1989. Originally, all Pinarello frames were steel. After a successful amateur career he turned professional in 1947, aged 25. At the age of 15, Giovanni began making bicycles at the factory of Paglianti. Giovanni Pinarello was born in Catena di Villorba, Italy in 1922. The company also produces an in-house component brand – MOST. Founded in 1953, it supplies mostly handmade bicycles for the road, track, E-bikes(NYTRO), mountain bikes and cyclo-cross. is an Italian bicycle manufacturer based in Treviso, Italy. ![]()
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