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Starting the OFFICIAL Steel club.

Old 08-23-18, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by jamesdak
Here's the Team Fuji I shared earlier now that it's all sorted out.




22 lbs 10 ozs. I do have black pedals on it now.



Settled on yellow bar tape



Used contrasting blue finishing tape

Then I picked up this Davidson Impulse that I'm still sorting out.


Purty!
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Old 08-23-18, 11:34 AM
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1997 Jamis Quest Tange CroMo frame. Stripped and powder coated, Rebuilt with parts I had (wheel set, saddle, handlebar) new (cassette, chain) and used parts from eBay (10 sp. 105 5700 groupset). Only original parts from the Jamis were the seat post clamp bolt and cable guide under the bottom bracket. Did the rebuild mostly for fun and to get a N+1 dedicated for my trainer and occasionally on the road.
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Old 08-21-19, 04:57 AM
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This is hands down my favorite thread on this entire forum. Now that it has been almost a year since anyone last posted, does anyone out there have any more to contribute? Let’s get this thread going again.
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Old 08-21-19, 07:55 AM
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Well, I can add these:

This was one of Bob Fourney's (3 time RAAM winner) bikes that I picked up several months ago. Supposedly made by Wayne Evans in Denver from Columbus EL-OS. Has a fair amount of cosmetic wear but has felt nice on a few test rides. Trying to get matching touch up paint for it and then going to decide how to fully build it up.







Another recent score was the NOS piece of Paletti art. This too happens to be EL-OS.

Built up with a very nice silver Chorus 9 speed groupset.







Finally, is this cheap local find. Turns out it's an Eddy Martens (Belgium Martelly) built bike with a super cool paint job. Eddy confirmed making it but neither he or Ribbles could account for the paint job and decals.

As i have it now with a nice set of tubular Reynolds wheels.





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Old 08-21-19, 11:22 AM
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ASAB (all steelies are beautiful)

Picked this up for a song at a large chain-ish shop's used section, which seemed to vacillate between bizarrely overpriced and bizarrely underpriced.



Came with a criterium racing setup of track bars and a 13-18 straight block freewheel, replaced with Giro bars and a 13-24 to make it slightly more sane on hills.

Last step is to replace the Columbus decal (for some bizarre reason De Rosa apparently liked to slap those outside the clear coat, meaning they'd come off real easy)
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Old 08-21-19, 05:02 PM
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My daily rider...



4130 frame, 5800 equipped, weighs 22 lbs as shown. Nimble and adequate for knocking around, and commuting some times.
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Old 08-21-19, 07:11 PM
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I always like to play in these threads.

my only bike and daily ride. Built for me in January 2018. Mix of Columbus and prestige tubing. Enve carbon seat tube, seat post topper, and forks.

Rides beautifully. Weight was 16 lbs 4 oz with pedals and cages.

waiting for the door bell to ring with UPS bringing home one of my first real project bikes bought in the early ‘90’s and built with parts I could afford. Left with a friend about 15 years ago due to lack of use and now she’s sent it back to me. Will post pics later. Holy crap bell just rang yay!

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Old 08-22-19, 05:42 AM
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^ Oh my... that's stunning.
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2012 Bianchi Campione all steel fsa crank with Claris derailleurs to be replaced someday. Possibly the last bike made with dts .

99 bianchi Veloce I picked up about a year ago from a massive collection had about 50 miles on it and probably paid way to much for it . Nicest ride I’ve ever had except for the fact that I cracked the non drive crank arm on my first century on it .
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Just finished the build.
Tommasini Super Prestige.
Dura Ace 9000
Dura Ace 7800 C24 wheels
11-40 cassette
Dura Ace 7410 pedals
Dura Ace 7700 headset
Soma Hwyone bars
ITM Stem
Dura Ace Post
Rolls Saddle
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I built this frame and fork 5 years ago. So for its 5th anniversary I had it painted in white pearl and.upgraded it to 11-speed.



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Old 08-30-20, 07:12 PM
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Late 1970's Macario (from Madrid) I've been riding for about 5 months. Has quite a springy ride that lot's of fun. Macario made bikes for several of Spain's Olympic teams and his bikes won Grand Tour stages.

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Wife's 1970's Pelizzoli-signed Ciocc San Cristobal - static and at warp speed


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Mie aren't as jaw dropping as some, but they're mine. And all of them were built from the frame up with my own hands...




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Old 08-31-20, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Davet
I built this frame and fork 5 years ago. So for its 5th anniversary I had it painted in white pearl and.upgraded it to 11-speed.
great build! What is that head tube angle?...75deg?
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Old 08-31-20, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by mstateglfr
great build! What is that head tube angle?...75deg?
Nope, both head and seat tube angle are 73deg. The pic is a fairly close sorta wide so it’s slightly distorted.
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Old 08-31-20, 11:45 PM
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Updated pic of a bike that was posted earlier. Fit is now set with the stem flipped down. Frame built in a class a few years ago. 11sp Ultegra drivetrain down low and Ritchey components up high.



'88 Schwinn Premis frame that my kids and I worked on this past spring as a 'school' project. One learned how to braze on cable guides, the it was powdercoated and we built it up with 105 11sp components.



Fairlight Secan gravel frame with 11sp drivetrain.
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Been a while

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Originally Posted by mstateglfr

Updated pic of a bike that was posted earlier. Fit is now set with the stem flipped down. Frame built in a class a few years ago. 11sp Ultegra drivetrain down low and Ritchey components up high.



'88 Schwinn Premis frame that my kids and I worked on this past spring as a 'school' project. One learned how to braze on cable guides, the it was powdercoated and we built it up with 105 11sp components.



Fairlight Secan gravel frame with 11sp drivetrain.
All 3 bikes are elegant and look purpose built. I think they are really cool. The fact that the Schwinn has a great family story adds great provenance to that bike. And, the Schwinn may be the all time stem spacer champ. Well done on all three.
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Finally finished this re-build in the fall,
Dura Ace 11 Speed Downtube shifter build
7400 shifters with 11 speed Bar Con Guts
7970 brake levers
R8000 Cassettes 11-34
Zipp 404 10 speed wheels
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My Masi (Italian built)

3V Volumetrica. one of the first OS tube bike, with internal lugs.
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WOW, that’s a sweet MASI! Thanks for sharing.

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My Masi (Italian built)

3V Volumetrica. one of the first OS tube bike, with internal lugs.
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Just finished this up this morning. I bought the frame and fork around ‘92 new as its first owner. Left it with friends for 15 years got it back last year and just rebuilt with 8spd Campy Chorus, and Industry Nine Wheels.



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Steel...hmm...


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