Show us your steel.....its real...

[bagpuss]

Here is some classic steel.Some you have seen before.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/3180406102/in/set-72157604673051032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/2186967053/in/set-72157604673051032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/2233980579/in/set-72157604673051032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/2151959328/in/set-72157604676815235/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/340767034/in/set-72157604676815235/

 

[Tharg2007]

Here is some classic steel.Some you have seen before.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/3180406102/in/set-72157604673051032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/2186967053/in/set-72157604673051032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/2233980579/in/set-72157604673051032/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/2151959328/in/set-72157604676815235/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N00/340767034/in/set-72157604676815235/

Nice collection there bagpuss, would you be interested in buying my carlton criterium frame?

 

[bagpuss]

Nice collection there bagpuss, would you be interested in buying my carlton criterium frame?

I have no room at present for anymore bikesI did have this model a while ago.It is now with a new owner.

 

[Swift Dan]

My latest - 1984 Raleigh Record Sprint

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34861287@N03/3236750886/

Won it on Ebay a couple of weeks ago - £30. All original except for a 5 speed frewheel (should be 6), missing front mech & lever and missing saddle & seat post.

I was going to do it up as a winter commuter but once the dust and grease was cleaned away it was in very good condition so I thought I might be able to sell it for a modest profit once it was complete

So far I've replaced the front axle/cones/bearings due to pittiness, cleaned and regreased all other bearings, new seat post from ebay (£4 delivered) with saddle I had knocking around. I've fitted an 80s Chorus front mech and I had a spare original lever from another Record frame that is built up as a single speed (frame and forks in great condition - £3 from a car boot sale).

GP4000 tyres were part worn spares that I had and I've aquired an original NOS Sachs Huret front mech that is still in its bag as it isn't as pretty as the Chorus.

I was intending to replace the 5 speed freewhel with a 6 but couldn't work out which tool would unscrew it. It didn't look like a standard shimano spline or lugged tool would fit and there was what looked like a lock ring screwed down onto it. All became clear when I was cleaning the wheel with the lock ring thingy removed. Filipped it over to do the other side and the freewheel just fell off (landed on my foot so was undamaged). Further investigation reveald that its a Maillard helicomatic so I'll probably stick with the 5 speed and keep an eye out for a bargain 6.

Now it's complete I've grown quite attached to it and don't want to sell it. I don't want to ride it in the rain or ride it too much and wear it out so I'll probably just keep it as a special occasion bike.

SD

 

[asterix]

My new bike after it arrived and then unridden:

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Saddle nose just a bit low, a few psi needed in the tyres but otherwise ready to roll..

 

[threebikesmcginty]

That's a nice looking bike Asterix!

 

[asterix]

Cheers! Have only done short rides so far but I think they've made me a good'un.

 

[zzpza]

I'm seeing a lot of bikes here with ahead stems. Are they threadless or are people using quill <-> ahead adapters?

 

[Tharg2007]

new builds in steel often come with 1" threadless steerers on the forks.
I think it might be an option, either threaded or ahead, it was an option with mine anyway.

 

[Peacepedaler]

Joe Waugh 753

Hi folks, here's my beloved racer turned fixed commuter. 18lbs all in. She flies! 753R steel, built by Dave Yates (working in Joe's shop) for the Percy Bilton race team around 1989. Some lovely bikes on this thread, keep em coming!

 

[chriswoody]

Heres my 1993 Dawes Super Galxy recently refurbished by Mercian and built up by me!

 

[zzpza]

Heres my 1993 Dawes Super Galxy recently refurbished by Mercian and built up by me!

very nice. out of interest, how come you didn't take the gear cables back to the stem under the bar tape?

 

[chriswoody]

Partly because it would be a little crowded under the tape with the brake cables and partly because it would have created some really crazy angles in the outer cables and I couldn't get my head around how I was going to get them to the cable stops on the correct side of the frame.

This is the first time I've run the cables this high up the tape, I've always had it exiting lower down where the bars bend, Just like Dawes did when it was new. This way is a hell of a lot comfier and the cables don't get in the way no matter where my hands are.

 

[vernon]

Here's my Dave Yates Randonneur. Got the frame new, unused, for a bargain £240. Everything apart from the saddlebag was brand new. So far I've ridden it on six 100km audaxes and I'm very pleased with the quality of ride.

 

[Tharg2007]

heres another one, finished it last night.