Show us your steel.....its real...
- Thread starter Cooperman
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New toy, well the frameset is new, everything else has been swapped off another bike. Imported from the US, even with the duty and VAT it was a good saving on UK prices.
SOMA ES, the ES stands for Extra Smooth and on the basis of a 30 mile shakedown ride today it is just that.
Built up with 9 speed mix and match Campag, there's 5 groupsets in the mix! Plus brakes and pedals from Shimano, it's a confused bike.
Excuse the Looong steerer, I've not made my mind up yet where to cut it, 15mm lower would be ideal for riding on the hoods, but leaving it where it is now would make using the drops for extended periods more likely. I'll do a couple of thousand miles before I get the hacksaw out.
SOMA ES, the ES stands for Extra Smooth and on the basis of a 30 mile shakedown ride today it is just that.
Built up with 9 speed mix and match Campag, there's 5 groupsets in the mix! Plus brakes and pedals from Shimano, it's a confused bike.
Excuse the Looong steerer, I've not made my mind up yet where to cut it, 15mm lower would be ideal for riding on the hoods, but leaving it where it is now would make using the drops for extended periods more likely. I'll do a couple of thousand miles before I get the hacksaw out.
dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
Ooer.
Psyclist
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- Northamptonshire
Got a slightly better picture of the Mercian, still need foot retention 
SS Retro
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- South Lakes
Changed mine a bit since I posted it on page 34 I have spent a bit of time making it lighter and 'retro/mod'.
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/i-have-lightend-and-gone-retro-mod.127441/
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/i-have-lightend-and-gone-retro-mod.127441/
middleagecyclist
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- Prestwich, Manchester
Got my steel bike yesterday - a Hewitt Chiltern
SS Retro
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Love the Hewitt it just looks 'right' 
NotFabian
EACC
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- Co. Antrim
Firstly, that's lovely...
secondly, I'm off to the optician cause I can't see how it's held upright.
middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
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- Prestwich, Manchester
Thanks.
Hee, hee. It is held up with a couple of sticks under the far pedal. I then photoshopped them out of existence!secondly, I'm off to the optician cause I can't see how it's held upright.
uphillstruggler
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- Half way there
middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
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- Prestwich, Manchester
Here's the pic I did for another thread before a few mins of Photoshop cloning.
theloafer
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- newton aycliffe
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deptfordmarmoset
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- Armonmy Way
It's a lovely looking bike, that - simple, smooth lines. Did you collect it or have it delivered? I got a Cheviot SE last year but couldn't do the 200-mile round trip to collect so it arrived in a box and it was set up so beautifully I didn't even want to change anything at all for the first 1000 miles.
