'Steel is Real' Show your steel cycles!
07-03-14, 05:35 AM
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My 1985 Gios Torino Professional still with the original paint and decals.
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07-03-14, 11:57 AM
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
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07-03-14, 12:18 PM
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You gonna eat that?
Commuter Bike by doohickie@ymail.com, on Flickr
20 years old.... okay for C&V, yeah?
This one is definitely old enough
DL-1 by doohickie@ymail.com, on Flickr
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07-03-14, 12:43 PM
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All very nice bikes; I certainly aspire to own a machine on the level I've seen in this thread. In the meantime, here's my '84 Tempo:
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07-06-14, 05:10 PM
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1974 Romic
Cheers pcb. Built by Ray Gasirowski. He built many bikes in his Houston, TX shop during the 70's and 80's look up Romic, there is a website dedicated to him and his bikes(interesting) Regards
The dropouts are standard Campy verticals, see not-great closer-up photo down below. The Strawberry has the same rear drops. They were pretty common on touring frames back then, but you'd see them now and then on US handbuilt road racing frames as well. They made for quicker wheel changes, no worries about having to center the wheel when you jammed it in and slapped the qr closed, no extra complication from dropout adjusters. I think they're also cleaner and showcased the builder's chops a bit, with no built-in fudge factor for almost-perfect alignment.
Glad you like the bikes! You've got quite a nice herd of Bianchis, befitting your moniker. When I first got back into vintage steel, I wound up with a hodge-podge of marques and models. It took a while to realize that what really interests me are post-'60s US-built frames from smaller builders. I sold off most of my British, Italian and US production bikes/frames to make room for the smaller-volume guys. Don't get me wrong, I'm not dis-interested in all the other stuff, I still miss just about every bike I sold, but with time, space and money constraints I figured I'd be happier narrowing my focus.
Mooney:
Strawberry:
Glad you like the bikes! You've got quite a nice herd of Bianchis, befitting your moniker. When I first got back into vintage steel, I wound up with a hodge-podge of marques and models. It took a while to realize that what really interests me are post-'60s US-built frames from smaller builders. I sold off most of my British, Italian and US production bikes/frames to make room for the smaller-volume guys. Don't get me wrong, I'm not dis-interested in all the other stuff, I still miss just about every bike I sold, but with time, space and money constraints I figured I'd be happier narrowing my focus.
Mooney:
Strawberry:
07-06-14, 07:08 PM
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Nice Romic! Ray Gasirowski is another of those lesser-known, unsung heroes. I'd love to have a Romic. I think I have an '80s Romic brochure somewhere.
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07-17-14, 07:43 PM
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A few pics of 1984 Fuji Opus III
A few pics of my 1984 Fuji Opus III. She's a nice rider--stiff and fast!
07-17-14, 09:14 PM
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07-18-14, 02:47 AM
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07-18-14, 03:13 AM
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OK so some may not have the best tubing (I find it ok), 18-23,mass produced, but they last, the tubing is not super thin and they are easily and relatively cheaply upgraded if you want.
Just make sure you keep the Weinmann side pulls adjusted.
Cheap to buy if you look in the right places, however some of the entry models, even over here, have had their prices hiked up on ebay and the current craze for retro fixies hasn't helped, lets hope that fad goes away.
I like (and own) mid range Raleighs from the 70's and 80's a lot
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07-18-14, 08:01 AM
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Nothing wrong with mid entry Raleighs, they got lots of people on their bikes over here in the 70's and 80's.
OK so some may not have the best tubing (I find it ok), 18-23,mass produced, but they last, the tubing is not super thin and they are easily and relatively cheaply upgraded if you want.
Just make sure you keep the Weinmann side pulls adjusted.
Cheap to buy if you look in the right places, however some of the entry models, even over here, have had their prices hiked up on ebay and the current craze for retro fixies hasn't helped, lets hope that fad goes away.
I like (and own) mid range Raleighs from the 70's and 80's a lot
Beic
OK so some may not have the best tubing (I find it ok), 18-23,mass produced, but they last, the tubing is not super thin and they are easily and relatively cheaply upgraded if you want.
Just make sure you keep the Weinmann side pulls adjusted.
Cheap to buy if you look in the right places, however some of the entry models, even over here, have had their prices hiked up on ebay and the current craze for retro fixies hasn't helped, lets hope that fad goes away.
I like (and own) mid range Raleighs from the 70's and 80's a lot
Beic
07-18-14, 09:03 AM
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All of mine are steel also.
They are '80s and '90s mostly touring or sport touring geometry. Mostly bought as frames or for the frames with mostly '80s component upgrades made. Unfortunately none of my '70s bikes have survived. Gonna try to post a pic or two.
'84 Trek 620. '86 Univega Gran Turismo
'84 Trek 620. '86 Univega Gran Turismo
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Lovely bikes.
08-13-14, 04:22 PM
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Recently cleaned/rebuilt/resurrected the frame I built during a Proteus framebuilding course in '81. She's yar, but I'm not overly-confident of the brazing integrity of some of the joints, so I'm more likely to look at it and fondly recall my youth than to ride 'er much. More details in a recent Proteus thread here.
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09-04-14, 02:50 PM
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1984 Team Fuji 55cm updated (still have everything original off the bike)
1991/2 Quattro Assi with everything carbon and modern I could find
1978 Schwinn Le Tour III (going to be built up with Shimano Sora)
1987 Schwinn Tempo (guy bought new in 1988 and put in his closet till last month when I bought off him, bike has never been built... has a few storage scratches but is almost perfect condition... not sure if I want to build it or not! Have a few pieces to get to be able to build it with full SRAM...)
1970's Raleigh Sprite built as a fixie with the original bars flipped upside down for the cafe racer look
2010 Schwinn Madison - my coffee bike / around town rider. Of course the gold is all nice, but the saddle was an almost new perforated Turbo - found at an estate sale on a Serrota with full Campy that I bought (wish I still had it)
1991/2 Quattro Assi with everything carbon and modern I could find
1978 Schwinn Le Tour III (going to be built up with Shimano Sora)
1987 Schwinn Tempo (guy bought new in 1988 and put in his closet till last month when I bought off him, bike has never been built... has a few storage scratches but is almost perfect condition... not sure if I want to build it or not! Have a few pieces to get to be able to build it with full SRAM...)
1970's Raleigh Sprite built as a fixie with the original bars flipped upside down for the cafe racer look
2010 Schwinn Madison - my coffee bike / around town rider. Of course the gold is all nice, but the saddle was an almost new perforated Turbo - found at an estate sale on a Serrota with full Campy that I bought (wish I still had it)
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09-04-14, 03:20 PM
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1986 Fuji Del Rey (Mixed Suntour and Shimano)
1990 Bridgestone RB-1 (Superbe Pro)
1990 Bridgestone RB-1 (Superbe Pro)
09-04-14, 05:31 PM
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This thread is turning into quite the beauty contest! I know my sample of steel below doesn't exactly measure up to some of the others posted here but here we go anyway...
1983 Stumpjumper
Untitled by FatSwede, on Flickr
1980s Austro Daimler
Untitled by FatSwede, on Flickr
1980s Shogun 1000 w/ new powder coat
Untitled by FatSwede, on Flickr
1991 Trek 930 650B conversion
1991 Trek 930 w/ Drop Bars and 650B wheels by FatSwede, on Flickr
1970s Motobecane Grand Jubile
With Bags Added by FatSwede, on Flickr
1983ish Miyata 1200 (picked this one up at the police auction)
1983 Miyata Twelve Hundred by FatSwede, on Flickr
1970s Bottecchia (I wanted a Raleigh Sports but they just don't make them tall enough for me)
1970s Bottecchia Frame by FatSwede, on Flickr
1983 Stumpjumper
Untitled by FatSwede, on Flickr1980s Austro Daimler
Untitled by FatSwede, on Flickr1980s Shogun 1000 w/ new powder coat
Untitled by FatSwede, on Flickr1991 Trek 930 650B conversion
1991 Trek 930 w/ Drop Bars and 650B wheels by FatSwede, on Flickr1970s Motobecane Grand Jubile
With Bags Added by FatSwede, on Flickr1983ish Miyata 1200 (picked this one up at the police auction)
1983 Miyata Twelve Hundred by FatSwede, on Flickr1970s Bottecchia (I wanted a Raleigh Sports but they just don't make them tall enough for me)
1970s Bottecchia Frame by FatSwede, on Flickr
09-04-14, 07:26 PM
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This thread is a serious excuse for bike porn, 
. Here is my contribution:
. Here is my contribution:Last edited by bikemig; 09-04-14 at 07:32 PM.
09-06-14, 04:33 PM
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1974 Romic Super(Houston)
