Fastback Seat Stays
09-10-15, 01:29 PM
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Fastback Seat Stays
I think this is the coolest thing ever!
I want to buy a frameset with the seat tube clamp on the seat stays. Any suggestions?
I want to buy a frameset with the seat tube clamp on the seat stays. Any suggestions?
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09-10-15, 01:31 PM
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Trek 660.
09-10-15, 01:54 PM
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Some 3Rensho and some of the Raleigh Pros, I think Mk II to Mk IV.
Raleigh Pro Frame 74 007 by L Travers, on Flickr
P2250247 by L Travers, on Flickr
Raleigh Pro Frame 74 007 by L Travers, on FlickrP2250247 by L Travers, on Flickr
09-10-15, 02:17 PM
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Two variations by Dave Wages (Ellis Cycles).
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Is there a point to these type of seat stays?
Do they make a bike a better sprinter? Climber? More comfort?
Do they make a bike a better sprinter? Climber? More comfort?
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09-10-15, 02:34 PM
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09-10-15, 02:37 PM
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'80 windsor touring elite
my '88 trek 400t had them too, but i wouldn't promote that one unless i were selling it again.
now my '80 trek 414 didn't have them. but that was a really nice bicycle.
my '88 trek 400t had them too, but i wouldn't promote that one unless i were selling it again.
now my '80 trek 414 didn't have them. but that was a really nice bicycle.
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'84 Raleigh Competition 12:
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I know it's not what the OP is looking for but I couldn't help myself - 73 Super Mistral Fastback
09-10-15, 04:10 PM
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1987 Ron Blanton (US builder):
'73 Condor Italia
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09-10-15, 05:40 PM
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Sexy goes way back...... to at least 1917
uses an expanding seat post.
uses an expanding seat post.
09-10-15, 06:11 PM
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Here are a number of shots of fastback seat clusters on some of my bikes. Here's my RRB's cluster:
A Trek 770 I used to own (Trek did a lot with these "pluggable" seat lugs to simplify construction - I think @b dub has it now):
A Serotta Coeur d'Acier which passed through my hands a couple years ago:
My Redcay:
My Atala Super Pro:
09-10-15, 07:16 PM
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I've seen this treatment on some of Chris Bishop's frames
Drilled binder bolt in aero seat stays by Chris Bishop
bianco-rosso-03583 by Chris Bishop
John's Fillet-Brazed Road Bike by Chris Bishop
If you have the money...
Drilled binder bolt in aero seat stays by Chris Bishopbianco-rosso-03583 by Chris BishopJohn's Fillet-Brazed Road Bike by Chris BishopIf you have the money...
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09-10-15, 07:21 PM
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The 80s Cinelli I recently posted in "Are You Looking...?" has fastback stays too.
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09-10-15, 07:38 PM
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The OP's picture is actually my very own TS Issac 1980 Olympic Team frame.
09-10-15, 08:10 PM
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The seat lug is one of my favorite features on this unidentified frame that I have had for a few years, now. I think it is a Roberts, but no solid evidence - yet...
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09-10-15, 08:55 PM
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One from a Trek 1977 TX900 (new project)
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