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

[betty swollocks]

Only joined the forum today.

Here's my Faggin (pronounced Fajean) with Colnago forks that I've just finished rebuilding. Allways wanted an Italian steel frame, so now I've got one. Bike weighs slightly under 10 kilos. Rides really nice.

That looks lovely: lucky you!

 

[theloafer]

my steel tourer..half way round kielder water

 

[Garth]

Marlboro 501 steely, late 70's (I think), recently stripped and rebuilt with a few modern extras, need to sort the wheel bearings but goes quite nicely

 

[dan_bo]

Marlboro 501 steely, late 70's (I think), recently stripped and rebuilt with a few modern extras, need to sort the wheel bearings but goes quite nicely

s'nice that bud. Good picture.

 

[Brahan]

Those shiny silver forks are schmexy!

 

[Hacienda71]

I wanted a winter/commuting bike so i bought this 79 Eddy Merckx

And turned it into this

Lots of cheap and second hand parts but it rides well and does what i want it to

 

[Tharg2007]

I wanted a winter/commuting bike so i bought this 79 Eddy Merckx

And turned it into this

Lots of cheap and second hand parts but it rides well and does what i want it to

where?

 

[nuovo_record]

holdsworth 1982

 

[Hacienda71]

where?

The drop bars where £2 of ebay (ok ultra light weight giant ones) the rear mech is a cheap shimano mountain bike one. The front mech is the cheapest bottom pull shimano i could find. The brake levers £3 of ebay. Tyres and Wheels cheapo rigida and hutchinson from decathlon, paint £1 a tin from poundland need i go on and embaress myself more It seems to work though!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Cool bikes folks!

 

[nuovo_record]

The drop bars where £2 of ebay (ok ultra light weight giant ones) the rear mech is a cheap shimano mountain bike one. The front mech is the cheapest bottom pull shimano i could find. The brake levers £3 of ebay. Tyres and Wheels cheapo rigida and hutchinson from decathlon, paint £1 a tin from poundland need i go on and embaress myself more It seems to work though!

where's the picture?

 

[Hacienda71]

where's the picture?

Pictures show on my PC but not on others. Will have to work out why

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Pictures show on my PC but not on others. Will have to work out why

No, it's there - scruffy bike in front of scruffy garage door (no offence if it's yours!) and then black beauty with filing cabinet!!

 

[Hacienda71]

No, it's there - scruffy bike in front of scruffy garage door (no offence if it's yours!) and then black beauty with filing cabinet!!

Those are the pics. Cheers

 

[mr_hippo]

Started life in 1992 as a NashBar 6000R and was shipped from NashBar in the US to me in Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia.
Original SunTour Edge groupset was replaced with Campag Mirage in 1998. The bike has retired more times than Frank Sinatra! Repainted to my specs in Bangkok in 2005.
53/39 chainset replaced about 1 month ago with a Shimano Sora 50/34 as a gesture to my aging knees. I cannot get Campag in Thailand and do not want to pay the p&p and the heavy import duty. Original bars and quill stem replaced this week with oversize bars, stem and quill adaptor.
I was about to say that the frame and forks are the only original parts left but that would be a lie - the bottle cage bolts are original!