I've just ridden a stainless steel Starley bike - oh my!

[Bonefish Blues]

Do I read it right that this particular tubing is seamed?

 

[GGJ]

Most likely built in Taiwan as they seem to be the biggest players in stainless steel bike production. Genesis also use KVA MS3 tubing in favour of Reynolds 931 and 953 tubes and they are all built in Taiwan. No doubt there's a financial benefit to using KVA MS3 over Reynolds as Genesis have a habit of supplying top end bikes which quickly are downgraded from their initial incarnation to a lower/cheaper spec as the years advance

 

[bonsaibilly]

Made in Altrincham, Cheshre. A pal has one and I jumped on it for a couple of miles. He's got 25mm tyres on it and I didn't check the pressures but the impression was of a super-smooth ride and very fast, possibly thanks to the no-name alloy rims with carbon aero shrouds he uses. It looks absolutely fabulous, really svelte and slender. The position was quite racy, which may also have helped with the speed. It was definitely smoother, faster and racier than my carbon Roubaix. Nice.

It was the aerodynamic rims and the moderate tyre inflation.

 

[dan_bo]

That's how I read it, a bit cheeky but they are not the only bike company to do it.

As @ianrauk says, the steel one looks the part.

Prices look reasonable, given there's some customisation in terms of choice of frame size and finishing kit.

I've stopped seeing the problem with far east built frames. They're so reasonably priced because of different living standards and lower levels of h+s and so forth. They're where we were in the 50s and 60s on these measures.

Ergo they can knock these frames out at reasonble prices. At some point they'll want fridges and cars and so forth.

 

[dan_bo]

Very nice by the Way.

 

[MarquisMatsugae]

Here: http://www.starleybikes.com/bike/ss/

Very impressed with that,and who gives a shoot where it was made.
My old Bianchi MTB proudly proclaimed "Hand made/built? in Italy" .
Yeah,must have been Chinatown then?

 

[S-Express]

I've stopped seeing the problem with far east built frames

Just to be clear, I wasn't implying a problem of any sort. I fully get that's where the manufacturing expertise is, these days (outside of a few specialist hand builders over here).

 

[dan_bo]

Just to be clear, I wasn't implying a problem of any sort. I fully get that's where the manufacturing expertise is, these days (outside of a few specialist hand builders over here).

It's not that specialised-there's plenty of outfits that can measure mitre cut and weld tubes over here-it just costs more.

 

[dan_bo]

It's not that specialised-there's plenty of outfits that can measure mitre cut and weld tubes over here-it just costs more.

More to the point it woul need the 'specialist' frame builders to stop playing with their bellybuttons and start building with more modern materials. Theres a few already. Not hard.