TRAFILTUBI srl - about us: anniversaries

Between 2006 and 2007, we celebrated the double anniversary of two closely intertwined realities: the historical Gilco label created in 1947, that celebrated sixty years and Trafiltubi founded in 1966, that celebrated its fortieth birthday.

For Gilco and Trafiltubi's 2006 and 2007 anniversaries, Trafiltubi presented two commemorative frames created by Simoncini Telai in limited edition and from an exclusive Gilco design.
Both these frames are available in two high-tech materials, 15CDV6 and HInoxTUBE®.
The latter material is used solely in the ORIGINAL GILCO FRAMES, not withstanding the exclusive rights conceded by Trafiltubi to Columbus for use with bicycles.

The Gilco frames are produced in two design versions:
the Dual 60G, that celebrates Gilco's sixtieth anniversary,
and the Dual 40T, dedicated on the other hand to Trafiltubi's fortieth birthday.

Both models develop the original Gilberto Colombo idea of a double piping frame, that was created in the Forties in an original round version (the "boat" or "cradle" frame) and that, after further development, took on the form of the Dual in 1987

The Dual 60G model, re-issued and suitably updated, the boat model from the Forties.

The Dual 40T, on the other hand, further develops the Dual concept proposing a double structure on the entire frame, including the seat post pipe.

In 2008, we will also be celebrating entry into "our second forty years" with a Calendar dedicated to our Workers