Getting this frame on Monday/Tuesday – show me your steel road bikes for inspiration for the build
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It will be metallic orange in a few months, with blue Benotto tape.
Not a true ‘road bike’, but steel all the same…
😉
If you’re lucky, in 20 years it’ll still be going strong, like she is:
this is mine,
Not its best angle. Also looks a bit more at home with its mudguards and rear dyno light these days.
My real road bike
IMG_2380 by kiteless, on Flickr
Touring bike rather than road bike, saddle needed adjustment and racks fitting.
Rob Jackson not riding a Bob Jackson?
Mind you I don’t ride a Turner.
In winter mode complete with fuglyguards
teetoosugars what size tyres are those? Thinking of going fatter on my tourer…
700x 40…
Spotty Dog IMHO..
Sam, what bag is that mate?
Looks a bit different now.
This is a fairly old photo, the white tyres are long gone.
Ready to be built up – Italian, handmade, Columbus Genius.. I fell in love with the curvacious seat stays!
Sam’s bag looks like a carradice from the green with the orange leather strap restraint.
039 by Bikes2010, on Flickr
I love that frame Digger. I don’t think I’ve seen a lugged Kona, looks really right.
I have an Arthur Caygil in the loft which I’ll be modernising. But I found this thread for inspiration. Retro with STIs
Couple of mine
That Colnago is very nice.
Don’t they all just look so nice, it’s not just my age is it.
was about to post a pic but Sam has posted mine already. Here is a different pic instead.
@teetosugars – its a carradice zipped roll.
Finished building this today:
This was mine until a car pulled out…..
enigma by botsholt, on Flickr
Not mine but a fried at work is expecting delivery of this beauty at some point this year. http://www.demonframeworks.com/gallery/ 953 I believe, even though I don’t do road bikes I can salivate over this one.
Nice bike Pebble, here’s the ’98 version.
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