Show us your steel.....its real...
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figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
This is probably not quite in keeping with the thread's theme, but it's steel so therefore it's real.
State Bicycle Co 4130 Volt. Made from - yep - 4130 grade steel. A freebie left outside a neighbour's house for anybody to help themselves to, so I did (it was heading for the tip otherwise
). I fitted the more compliant tyres (30mm Schwalbe CX Pro rather than the 23mm slicks that were on it) and so-shod it is a wonderful local errand bike over road and gravel.
State Bicycle Co 4130 Volt. Made from - yep - 4130 grade steel. A freebie left outside a neighbour's house for anybody to help themselves to, so I did (it was heading for the tip otherwise
). I fitted the more compliant tyres (30mm Schwalbe CX Pro rather than the 23mm slicks that were on it) and so-shod it is a wonderful local errand bike over road and gravel.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
I wish I had such generous neighbours!
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
This is probably not quite in keeping with the thread's theme, but it's steel so therefore it's real.
State Bicycle Co 4130 Volt. Made from - yep - 4130 grade steel. A freebie left outside a neighbour's house for anybody to help themselves to, so I did (it was heading for the tip otherwise
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In March 2020 I was given a collection of bike bits by a neighbour which turned out to be the remains of one of these. By April it looked like this.
It was a decent ride.
Spokesmann
Keeping the Carlton and Sun names alive...
- Location
- Plymouth, Devon
Tonight's ride home involves more old bike shenanigans in the form of this 1960 Carlton Constellation.
Spokesmann
Keeping the Carlton and Sun names alive...
- Location
- Plymouth, Devon
My latest build is this late 1960s/early 70s Carlton Truwel. A pretty rare model, based around Truwel 205 tubing, about the time when Carlton were sponsored by it, a Raleigh/TI proprietary welded tube. Just given this one a full rebuilt/service and kept it pretty much stock and original, bar the usual service items.
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iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Just completed riser bar conversion of my 631 Henry Burton audax/tourer. Experimenting with a more upright position to see if it relieves my symptoms of polymyalgia and enables some level of cycling activity 
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
On the Thames bridge at Castle Eaton this morning. The river is low but beautifully clear. There were swimmers (well, paddlers really) at 10am.
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
New bars and saddle on my Trucker
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New bars and saddle on my Trucker
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Interesting shifter set up.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Nah, I've a similar set up on one of mine. Different bars though as I use TT bullhorns'
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Started with normal thumb shifters but the cable was in the way when using the bar extension. Googled "crazy bars" in images and looked what others were doing and went for bar end shifters on the extensions. Works really well.
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biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
An old anvil at the The Force in Emberton and my Deda Cougar
