This really does it for me – am I getting old?

Ummmmm, yes, you are.
I started riding on this kind of stuff and it leaves me completely unmoved. I ride carbon fibre now and it makes a mockery of all the steel frames I’ve ever had, being lighter, stiffer and a good deal more durable and crash resistant.

Lovely bike, you can’t beat a nice lugged frame.
Carbon Crash resistant?

who wants stiffer? you about to win a race?

comfort please…oh yes that’s steel and ti

vvvery purty!

don’t ever cut that steerer!

It would be a lot nicer without the full-chrome rear triangle IMO – apart from that it’s quite nice for what it is, I’m a fan of that colour.

crikey, I too have a lovely carbon framed road bike and yes it’s untouchable for speed, lightness, comfort, etc, etc, etc, but I had a bike frame like this once and I just would like to build up another one, just cos!
Oh and I like the chrome rear end!

comfort please…oh yes that’s steel and ti

Or is it?

You’re still getting old…. 🙂

Carbon crash resistant? I can only speak from personal experience, rather than internet-gathered wisdom, so please excuse me, but I’ve broken, that’s properly broken, two steel frames, one 531, one 753, and one aluminium frame, yet I’ve crashed 5 times on a carbon frame and it’s always been ok…

i like!!!

Top looking bike, very nice colours! Steel hard tails are the way to go if your not racing, they are much more comfortable and fun for general XC/trail riding. I would disagree with carbon frames being more crash resistant, I had a Scott carbon frame that cracked on the down tube after a minor off!!

This is my restoration project at the moment:

Don’t know whether to drop the cash on a respray or not