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If steel is so great, then why don't the big companies sell frames made of it anymore?
Colnago Master?
De Rosa Neo Primato?
Orange P7?
Genesis?
There will be many more, I just can't be bothered to think of them
My mate has a Master, its light, handles beautifully and looks stunning. and with full super record 11 its very expensive!
I've got a Salsa la raza (54cm) which I'm looking to shift. It's platinum ox tubing, ultegra / 105 9 speed, with a triple. Let me know if this is interesting.
Steve-Austin - MemberIf steel is so great, then why don't the big companies sell frames made of it anymore?
i've had something itching at the back of my mind for the last few hours, then i remembered:
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it's a speccy allez double steel.
about £600 new if you can find one...
(s'quite nice inna 'my dad used to have a bike like that' way)
I think I need to start selling different bikes. Nearly 50% margin?
He said mark up, not margin - big difference. And as you say, there is the VAT element as well. Around 30% is normal IME. Anyway, i don't think it is cost/margins which has brought about the decline of the steel frame. And as I'm glad to report, there are still a number of people out there who prefer to ride and are happy to buy new steel frames.
Buying an old frame is also just a nice thing to do to offset rampant consumption. Call it recycling.
Try bikesandprams.co.uk as they do great value road bikes [Shimano equipped] that are ripe for upgrading
Haven't read all of the above (yet), but I have started riding a steel framed road bike I built in the early - mid 90s.
The ride is absolutely sublime. As on antoher thread on here, the only thing I can compare it to is a Lucky Strike Ti HT (obviously the bikes are very different, but the subtley and balance of the handling is similar)
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