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

[kerndog]

Heres my 531 Dawes single speed conversion. Old steel and bomb proof.

I love that!

where did the bars come from?

 

[middleagecyclist]

It's a lovely looking bike, that - simple, smooth lines. Did you collect it or have it delivered? I got a Cheviot SE last year but couldn't do the 200-mile round trip to collect so it arrived in a box and it was set up so beautifully I didn't even want to change anything at all for the first 1000 miles.

I live 26 miles away. Jumped on a train, walked to Hewitts, cycled home. Lovely day, perfect bike fit.

 

[bike junkie]

I love that!

where did the bars come from?

I ground a set of mountain bike bars back to raw and smoothed them out. gives them a aircraft engineering feel/look. Twas a Labour of love.

 

[jazzkat]

Here's mine.

 

[Rezillo]

I paid too much for the frame, and the components are all modern, but I like it. The frame has had a fair bit of blue touching up but overall is in good nick. The frame material is Excell Ultra, an Excell variant that I can find nothing about. I would have gone for a quill stem but polished alloy wide 26mm anatomic handlebars are few and far between. The Planet-X stuff looks ok, though.

 

[David king of Mercia]

We all often pay too much for the frame. I do like the silver handlebar and stem - they all seem to be black nowdays or white! Could you let me know the make of them please?

 

[stumpy66]

We all often pay too much for the frame. I do like the silver handlebar and stem - they all seem to be black nowdays or white! Could you let me know the make of them please?

It says on them , planet x unless my eyes deceive me

 

[Rezillo]

The handlebar and stem are from Planet X (high polished silver versions in the following links):

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/HBPX7075SD/planet_x_anatomic_road_bar_strada_7075

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/STPX3DF/planet_x_superlight_team_3d_forged_stem

Matching seatpost, also high polished silver:

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/SPPXSLT3D/planet_x_superlight_team_3d_forged_alloyseatpost

They are all very well finished.

The stem adapter:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310546529577

 

[David king of Mercia]

Your eyes may not deceive you, but with my computer screen, my eyes certainly do me. Thanks for the links and I'll have an all shiney bike too

 

[Basil.B]

My Macinato.

 

[fossala]

Your eyes may not deceive you, but with my computer screen, my eyes certainly do me. Thanks for the links and I'll have an all shiney bike too

You can get ritchey classics for not much more.

 

[Psyclist]

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My Macinato.

Love it. Make me miss mine.

 

[EltonFrog]

Lovely looking bike that.

 

[Rezillo]

Lovely looking bike that.

Thanks. I've even been sad enough to order some matching yellow brake pads.

I've only been out on it a couple of times but it's also great to ride. Very positive acceleration, probably down to having little frame/bb flex. I can adjust the rear brakes very close to the rim without brake rub under load.

I now have too many bikes. Looks as if I will have to sell my Planet X Guerciotto Record build as the Lemond has usurped it.

 

[albal]