columbus max off road

this might be the holy grail of orphaned oval steel mountain bike tubesets.  supposedly kona used more or less max off road tubing for a few years in mid-late 90s--that's the 1990s, y'all--on their explosif frames.  those were decent bikes; i liked them a lot even though the construction quality was sometimes a little rough.  that sort of thing stands out on a simple hardtail frame with small-diameter tubing; on those aluminum fs frames, the sketchy welding didn't show as readily, and there was so much of it that you lost your will to critique the joinery.  serotta also did what may or may not have been an almost completely max off road frame, the tmax.  much better construction, but the design was a bit too old-fashioned for serious technical trail riding.  regardless, i'd like to ride a really nice, modern custom frame made with the max off road stuff...never gonna happen, though.