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New frames sporting the older look?
I never thought of buying a newer bike because I don't like the aesthetics. The taller, flatter tube bars with crazy colors and big logos never appealed to me (maybe on a CF bike, one day). I thought the old design ways were dead. I couldn't have been more wrong!
http://www.adrenalinebikes.com/Image...set%202012.jpg The Bianchi offerings are great, but what are other offerings out there? I don't necessarily mean just lugged frames. The look I'm talking about is the small straight round tubes. TIG welded are fine. I don't mind a few years older, as long as it can be purchased brand new. Complete road bikes are fine too, not just frames. Just looking for options at this point. |
anything in Ti.
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small custom hand builders.
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Look at the Soma frames built with Tange Prestige...they can be had if you look. Prestige is great light steel. The best bang for the buck in custom frames seems to be Tom Teesedale. His pricing is most reasonable and he has a good turn around.
I'd go with oversized tubing and a stiffer bottom bracket. It will have a very good response when you put the pedal to the floor :) Steel can be flexy but it can also be built stiff but still retain the magical buzzing sensation of metal. Have fun. The sky is the limit. If you don't mind Tig the Gunnar frames are nice. Run some 32MM tires and enjoy the plush ride. |
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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
(Post 15470614)
anything in Ti.
I got my Seven with a horizontal TT, it was pretty sweet. |
Rivendell. Might actually be a little too retro for you.
http://www.rivbike.com/category-s/619.htm |
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Originally Posted by tvJefe
(Post 15470859)
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Have my pals at Davidson make you a steel or ti bike.
Scroll down the Customer Stories page - the happy couple with the black tandem is my wife and me. |
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I recently bought this '12 Breezer Venturi frame set/fork because I was looking for a similar aesthetic to the OP's. I wanted classic lines, not the swoopy, curvy, fat tubed racer look, yet I still wanted a fully modern, aggressive bike. This has filled the bill perfectly.
Forgive me if you've seen it before; I've been posting it like a ***** in any steel thread I come across. :) http://p10.hostingprod.com/@chaadtho...rage_mar13.jpg |
Originally Posted by Vinnems
(Post 15470600)
I never thought of buying a newer bike because I don't like the aesthetics. The taller, flatter tube bars with crazy colors and big logos never appealed to me (maybe on a CF bike, one day). I thought the old design ways were dead. I couldn't have been more wrong!
http://www.adrenalinebikes.com/Image...set%202012.jpg The Bianchi offerings are great, but what are other offerings out there? I don't necessarily mean just lugged frames. The look I'm talking about is the small straight round tubes. TIG welded are fine. I don't mind a few years older, as long as it can be purchased brand new. Complete road bikes are fine too, not just frames. Just looking for options at this point. |
I used to own a Mercian. http://www.merciancycles.co.uk/
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Check these out............... http://store.somafab.com/index.html I plan on building a Soma one of these days. I currently have a vintage Soma that will be the donor bike.
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Originally Posted by chaadster
(Post 15471246)
I recently bought this '12 Breezer Venturi frame set/fork because I was looking for a similar aesthetic to the OP's. I wanted classic lines, not the swoopy, curvy, fat tubed racer look, yet I still wanted a fully modern, aggressive bike. This has filled the bill perfectly.
Forgive me if you've seen it before; I've been posting it like a ***** in any steel thread I come across. :) http://p10.hostingprod.com/@chaadtho...rage_mar13.jpg |
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Try Seven, you can get these in a zero slope top tube no problem:
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=308758 http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=308759 |
No classic lines there. Maybe for someone 6"-12" shorter.
Originally Posted by chaadster
(Post 15471246)
I recently bought this '12 Breezer Venturi frame set/fork because I was looking for a similar aesthetic to the OP's. I wanted classic lines, not the swoopy, curvy, fat tubed racer look, yet I still wanted a fully modern, aggressive bike. This has filled the bill perfectly.
Forgive me if you've seen it before; I've been posting it like a ***** in any steel thread I come across. :) http://p10.hostingprod.com/@chaadtho...rage_mar13.jpg |
Originally Posted by botto
(Post 15471861)
Nice hybrid.
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Originally Posted by emveezee
(Post 15471945)
No classic lines there. Maybe for someone 6"-12" shorter.
The OP said he didn't like modern graphics and paint; none of that here, either, as the paint and lettering hark back to vintage American bikes of the '50s. |
Ritchey has their Road Logic frame. I just built one last week and it is a marvelous bike.
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Originally Posted by botto
(Post 15471861)
Nice hybrid.
So yes, it is a hybrid... of classic road traditions and the unique perspective of a seminal figure in American cycling. |
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