Steel Bike "Lovers" roll call
 

I want to know who out there is riding Steel and not giving up on their steel bikes. Just a shout out with the steel rig(s) your riding please.

Kogswell G58 street fixee
Serotta Uniscasi Rapid Tour
Co-Mo Co-Pilot Torpedo tandem
And incoming K Bedford Custom steel street fixee

Proletariat road
Waltworks offroad
CW bmx

Serotta CSi
Serotta Rapid Tour
Santana Arriva
Bike Friday Pocket Rocket Pro
Kirk JKS Terrpalane (incoming)

Kirk
Speedvagen
Saluki
Ron Cooper (1980)

I have other bikes of other materials. But I'll always have a steel bike.

Concorde Aquila PDM team
Ted Wojcik skinny

Rivendell Rambouillet - orignal orange, set up as a fixie with ENO hub
Rivendell Bleriot - Set up as townie
Brompton Folder

My two main road bikes are ti though, not because its better, just because they're better.

-Ray

Kirk Terraplane
Peg Marcelo (just rode)
Serotta "Big Dig"

Curt Goodrich
Peter Weigle
Mariposa
David Kirk
Rivendell Homer Hilsen
Kirk Pacenti (on loan, has a carbon fork, but I am still counting it!)

so does my peg (carbon fork). i say "it's ok."

Mariposa
Marinoni Leggero (EL-OS)
Gios Torino Super Record (SL)

I'm afraid that after the first ride on my Legend (April of this year) I have not ridden the steel bike that was my sole fair-weather road bike for the past ~8 years --a tig welded but beautiful old blue and yellow LeMond Zurich. I basically shrank and stiffened my way out of the LeMond (age-related changes), and as a result of its perfect fit and perhaps the design and materials, the Legend is soooo much more comfortable.

However, I have not abandoned steel! I have been on Dave Kirk's wait list since last winter and have spent an inordinate amount of time fantasizing about what that bike is going to be. I fell in love with lugged steel in my 20s when I shared an apartment with 2 serious bike racers for a number of years --one raced with a Masi and the other a Cinelli --both custom fitted and built by the great masters themselves. Nearly all of my riding in those days (~40 years ago) was commuting since I didn't own a car, but I also had the pleasure of using one of my apartment-mates training bikes, which was a delight in comparison to my series of clunky old commuters that kept getting stolen or, in one case, wrecked.

Needless to say pictures of my Kirk are going to be all over the internet once it arrives.

Thanks for asking Smiley!

Lew

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1976 Raleigh Professional
1984 Pinarello
2012 Richard Sachs Road

Zanconato Cross (The Effin Cross Bike)
Schwinn Peloton (The Recycler Fixie)




William

PS: Contemplating pulling the trigger on a Yamaguchi road bike.

Peter Mooney

All steel all fixed gear all the time for me:

Rivendell Quickbeam with fenders

Merckx corsa extra

IF planet X

Fisher ferrous (rigid carbon fork).

Tesch waiting to be built.

Lemond Buenes Aires
Merckx MX Leader
Kirk Terraplane fixie
Sachs signature

Len

Sycip -- Steel Java Boy.
Serotta Cd'A -- Soon to be in production (I hope)
Pinarello -- Dolmen CX bike with a steel fork. Just bought off ebay for first foray into 'cross

Moots VaMoots -- She don't lie. ;)

dn'l

Vanilla road
Gunnar Sport commuter

plus I'm only 27 - I think I'm the youngest person in my club with a steel bike.

Zip loves her CSI tig

Peg Duende
Keith Anderson fixed gear

being built
 

I have a steel cross/commuter being built by JP Boylan. Pics will follow as soon as I have her.

http://www.jamesframes.com/home.html

* Serotta Atlanta
* Panasonic DX-4000
* Carl Strong on the way...

cda
mid eighties Tommassini slx
Specialized Rock Hopper comp fs

*LeMond Zurich (sold)
*Steve Rex
*Ibis Mojo
*John Caletti (in queue)

Kirk x 2
Peg Marcelo
MX Leader
Erickson Tandem

Bilenky Signature Clubsman
1984 Trek 660
Salsa Ala Carte

The Bilenky cracked once; I had it repaired.

The Trek has pinholes in the top tube, but it won't die.

The Ala Carte is cracked 30% around the underside of the downtube, at the headtube end. I'm hoping it survives D2R2 next weekend.

I still love steel.

merckx mx leader
merckx corsa extra
bianchi pista
Pete Dreesens road (lugged) - comming soon
Pete Dreesens track (OS lugged) - comming soon

Schwinn Paramount OS
Fat City Yo Eddy! Team Fat Chance
Waterford 2200
Independent Fabrication Steel Deluxe
Kogswell P/R Mk. II

Despite my screen name, I do love my Della Santa lugged beauty; always amazed when I ride it following a few rides on carbon. Both are great but the value of DS really shines through. Contemplating either a Bohemian or an IF Crown Jewel..

IMHO, it is about the builder, not so much the material..

Scott

mmmm steel
3rensho
yamaguchi
nagasawa
colnago road
shorter time trial road

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/...13944d1bc0.jpg

is that a yoshi konno? or later vintage?

DeSalvo road
DeSalvo fixed road
DeSalvo city fixed
DeSalvo quadangle from last years NAHBS

2 more incoming DeSalvo's

New all steel CDA (Coeur D'Acier). Great bike thus far. Unfortunately, I have not ridden it very much. I want to do a direct comparison between it and my other bike- Ottrott ST. When I do, I am planning on writing a comparison of the two on the forum. It will be over the same course with the same wheels and tires. I think that the CDA will do quite well in the comparison. Probably better ride quality, perhaps not quite as efficient in tramsmitting pedal input into forward motion.


Sometimes Steel Serotta Sandy Sometimes ST Serotta Sandy

Anvil Chisel x 2
De Rosa Primato
IF Crown Jewel
Rauler 1984 Olympic
Lemond Poprad

its a yoshi
built for gary neiwand, has his name on seatstay

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/...afdf08af77.jpg

1996 Serotta CSi
1985 Schwinn Paramount
1981 Miyata 710
1962 BSA Golden Clubman

1961 Carlton Franco-Suisse
1978 Paramount
1981 Pogliaghi
1987 Paramount
1988 Schwinn Premis
1990 Eddy Merckx 7-Eleven
2001 Casati Ellisse
a Surly Pugsley, a Surly Steamroller, and TWO Kirks...

...oh, with another Kirk and a Richie on the way.

Yeah, I like steel. I like steel a LOT.

serotta nhx
serotta ciii

Spectrum road
Spectrum fixed