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

[Cooperman]

Anyone out there keen on steel .......

Here is a Ron Cooper hand built frame (sadky with incorrect decals...)

To kick off with .......send in your photos and thoughts on steel is real

 

[Tynan]

very smart, I certinaly like my Fratello after various Alu rides

you might not like mine though, guards, rack, sundry lights etc etc

 

[Globalti]

Now that is a luvverly looking bike. The decals look perfect though, what's wrong with them? I love that strawberry and custard yellow colour scheme. How does it ride? When was it built?

 

[ColinJ]

Here'a an old steel Basso converted to a single-speed bike. I keep it in the midlands for riding around the undulating lanes north of Coventry on my frequent trips back there. I scrounged the frame. forks and wheels off a mate who has emigrated (on condition that he can have them back if he ever comes home). Most of the other bits came from my junk box. It only cost me £25 for cables, bar tape and tubes !

 

[jasper]

Both are great looking bikes. I like a quality steel frame as I'm not keen on oversized/odd shaped tubing that most ali bikes come in.

I'm sure you've all seen it before, but here's mine:

http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=17387&highlight=faithful

 

[Joe24]

Here be my fixed. Dunno who made the frame, gives a nice smooth ride, and i love riding it

 

[jasper]

Nice bike stand Joe....I bet it weighs a bit in the jersey pocket....

 

[Joe24]

Nice bike stand Joe....I bet it weighs a bit in the jersey pocket....

I carried that around for miles looking for the right place to take that picture. Slowed me down abit

 

[ColinJ]

Joe - isn't your chain a bit slack? I found that the chain on my s/s kept coming off unless I kept it really tight. I'd dread that happening if I was bombing along on a fixed wheel bike !

 

[rich p]

Here's my steel bike, an old Galaxy, better than throwing it away

 

[Joe24]

Joe - isn't your chain a bit slack? I found that the chain on my s/s kept coming off unless I kept it really tight. I'd dread that happening if I was bombing along on a fixed wheel bike !

Its been slacker
I have a non-round chainring, which is a bitch. Its bad aswell, but it hasnt come off yet, i think its been close when i let it go really slack once, but no real problems with it like that. Working pretty well at the moment

 

[WindyRob]

here's my bit o' steel:

Windy

 

[Nick G]

I have 3 bikes, all steel. This is the one I use the most - I love it. It's also the oldest by a long way; c.1980. I'm thinking of treating it to some flashy bar tape or maybe even a respray, but I also want to preserve it so I'm torn. I'll probably remove the rear brake some time as I don't use it.

 

[fossyant]

3 Steel here......

Frank Herety.... SLX / Dura Ace 7400

Ribble 653 and Ultegra

And the Daily Ride - Tange and Deore LX(aka carbon road bike scarer)

 

[groucho]

My steel pub bike, single speed, awaiting respray and fixing!