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

[Teamfixed]

That is obscenely beautiful

 

[figbat]

This is probably not quite in keeping with the thread's theme, but it's steel so therefore it's real.
State Bicycle Co 4130 Volt. Made from - yep - 4130 grade steel. A freebie left outside a neighbour's house for anybody to help themselves to, so I did (it was heading for the tip otherwise ). I fitted the more compliant tyres (30mm Schwalbe CX Pro rather than the 23mm slicks that were on it) and so-shod it is a wonderful local errand bike over road and gravel.

 

[AndyRM]

I wish I had such generous neighbours!

 

[All uphill]

This is probably not quite in keeping with the thread's theme, but it's steel so therefore it's real.
State Bicycle Co 4130 Volt. Made from - yep - 4130 grade steel. A freebie left outside a neighbour's house for anybody to help themselves to, so I did (it was heading for the tip otherwise ). I fitted the more compliant tyres (30mm Schwalbe CX Pro rather than the 23mm slicks that were on it) and so-shod it is a wonderful local errand bike over road and gravel.

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In March 2020 I was given a collection of bike bits by a neighbour which turned out to be the remains of one of these. By April it looked like this.

It was a decent ride.

 

[Spokesmann]

Tonight's ride home involves more old bike shenanigans in the form of this 1960 Carlton Constellation.

 

[Spokesmann]

My latest build is this late 1960s/early 70s Carlton Truwel. A pretty rare model, based around Truwel 205 tubing, about the time when Carlton were sponsored by it, a Raleigh/TI proprietary welded tube. Just given this one a full rebuilt/service and kept it pretty much stock and original, bar the usual service items.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

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My latest build is this late 1960s/early 70s Carlton Truwel. A pretty rare model, based around Truwel 205 tubing, about the time when Carlton were sponsored by it, a Raleigh/TI proprietary welded tube. Just given this one a full rebuilt/service and kept it pretty much stock and original, bar the usual service items.

That looks lovely.

 

[iandg]

Just completed riser bar conversion of my 631 Henry Burton audax/tourer. Experimenting with a more upright position to see if it relieves my symptoms of polymyalgia and enables some level of cycling activity

 

[rogerzilla]

On the Thames bridge at Castle Eaton this morning. The river is low but beautifully clear. There were swimmers (well, paddlers really) at 10am.

 

[iandg]

New bars and saddle on my Trucker

 

[Steeler]

New bars and saddle on my Trucker

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Interesting shifter set up.

 

[raleighnut]

Interesting shifter set up.

Nah, I've a similar set up on one of mine. Different bars though as I use TT bullhorns'

 

[iandg]

Started with normal thumb shifters but the cable was in the way when using the bar extension. Googled "crazy bars" in images and looked what others were doing and went for bar end shifters on the extensions. Works really well.

 

[topcat1]

13 year update, the Chris King rear hub was slipping new drive body was needed. Shamals were put on for the spring. Hub sorted King's back on, still running the original D12 battery.

 

[biggs682]

An old anvil at the The Force in Emberton and my Deda Cougar