The New-Vintage Steel Road Bike Thread

[wafter]

I love the ride and aesthetic of old bikes but also the functionality of modern groupsets and my holy grail road bike would encompass both of these things.

Happily I see a handful of manufactures are offering traditional steel bikes / frames that will take modern gear, so this is a thread for such things - ideally frames with the following attributes:

- Steel
- Lugged
- Steel internally / externally lugged forks (no unicrown here please!)
- Horizontal top tube
- Quill stem
- Geared (no fixies / SS)
- 130mm rear axle spacing to take modern 8sp+ running gear
- Rim braked (although discs are also grand )
- Integral seatpost tube clamp


So far I've found the Cinelli Supercorsa:

and Condor Classicso:

Please add any more you might be aware of

 

[Paulus]

I have a Condor Classico. With Campagnolo running gear.
I love it. I bought it as a retirement present for myself 4 years ago.

 

[vickster]

Temple?
https://www.templecycles.co.uk/

 

[Sharky]

I'm sure you could get what you want from Mercian Cycles
https://www.merciancycles.co.uk/

<<<< I'm on a Mercian in my (53 year old) avatar picture. Only sold it on a few years ago.

 

[Specialeyes]

When I retire/draw down some pension, I'm semi-promising myself a Battaglin Marosticana...

In the meantime, Mercian (as mentioned above), The Light Blue and Ribble are still knocking out beautiful bikes that meet your criteria.
Or there's the modern replica bikes, like the Bianchi Eroica, Wilier Superleggera or Raleigh TI.
Or hang the sense of it and there's the Colnago Master Arabesque.

 

[GuyBoden]

No quill stem on this, so it doesn't quite meet your criteria, but it looks good to me.

 

[midlife]

have a wander through the LFGSS thread on "modern groupset on old frame" (MGOF) for additional ideas.....

 

[Spiderweb]

FEATHER cycles in York build bikes to your specification.

https://www.feathercycles.com/bicycles

 

[wafter]

Thanks all - seems there are a lot more choices than I'd thought and there have been some beautiful examples posted

 

[midlife]

If I had a few bob I'd get Kevin Sayles to make me one if he is still working...

https://www.woodrupcycles.com/bespoke/

 

[Zingano]

The Laverack classic looks nice.

 

[raleighnut]

Modern components fit old frames easy=peasey 126 rear spacing will take 130 no problem, don't even really need to 'adjust' the rear triangle just 'spring' the axle in and after riding a while it'll relax enough to fit smoothly (you can bugger about with threaded rod and nuts if you like but you don't really need to) Ditto with HT11 BB's, they just screw in and the downtube shifters can be replaced with cable stops if you must have 'brifters' or in my case 'bar end' shifters
I've done 3 of mine (531 Raleigh 'Road Ace', my Raleigh Equipe and the 653 Time Trial bike) you will probably need to align the hanger as 9/10/11 speed rear mechs are a lot more sensitive but you should check that anyway.

 

[DRM]

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No quill stem, but one of these would be very nice indeed.

FEATHER cycles in York build bikes to your specification.

https://www.feathercycles.com/bicycles

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Those Feather frames look absolutely gorgeous

 

[DRM]

Also Spa do some nice steel frames at the more affordable end of the market

 

[Smokin Joe]

This would suit me. Traditional design but with a modern threadless headset instead if those horrible quill thingies and lugless construction. Kitted out with Campag, obviously.