Recommend me a used full-steel road-racer to find..

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by 93KgBike

Did you buy that from AndySTI? Looks very familiar...

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

to qualify as a tester. .

hey dan,


not a snarky response, but food for thought.

it may be a good trust exercise for you to NOT micromanage your next custom build and just give the builder, who has tons of experience, some basic parameters of how you want the bike to ride and let him do his magic. you may just be pleasantly surprised if you give up a few millimeters of control...

[bicycletricycle]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

That's no monostay, but it is beautiful, and I'd forgotten about it...belongs to our friend Mr. Maddox too, so it'd be even more affordable than shown on the Bay...hmm...

Made you look, I had a lot of good miles on a mondonico, I like that gold one.

How about a fillet brazed moser leader ax. True you need a quill seatpost but the paint is always great and I suspect they would look radical with a modern build. I had a pink and purple one once and it ripped (went fast).

[jtbadge]

Originally Posted by bicycletricycle

Made you look, I had a lot of good miles on a mondonico, I like that gold one.

How about a fillet brazed moser leader ax. True you need a quill seatpost but the paint is always great and I suspect they would look radical with a modern build. I had a pink and purple one once and it ripped (went fast).

A Leader AX definitely looks sweet with a modern build.

https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/moser-leader-ax-29410

[bicycletricycle]

Always wanted a 00’s scapin, Deda tubing and wound up forks looking good. Been thinking of buying this one.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F113170858551

[bicycletricycle]

Originally Posted by jtbadge

A Leader AX definitely looks sweet with a modern build.

https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/moser-leader-ax-29410

That looks f’n great

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

hey dan,


not a snarky response, but food for thought.

it may be a good trust exercise for you to NOT micromanage your next custom build and just give the builder, who has tons of experience, some basic parameters of how you want the bike to ride and let him do his magic. you may just be pleasantly surprised if you give up a few millimeters of control...

I get it, not snarky at all. It's just been a while since I've ridden something with full-on race geometry in an all-steel get-up and I want to give that a whirl before locking in on having one designed for me that fits those parameters.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

I get it, not snarky at all. It's just been a while since I've ridden something with full-on race geometry in an all-steel get-up and I want to give that a whirl before locking in on having one designed for me that fits those parameters.

makes sense

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by bicycletricycle

Always wanted a 00’s scapin, Deda tubing and wound up forks looking good. Been thinking of buying this one.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F113170858551

The Moser and Scapin are both very cool. There was a Seahawks green/blue Scapin for sale not long ago that went cheap - EL-OS tubing too..

[bicycletricycle]

Just tell him Columbus max and I want to go fast

https://goo.gl/images/84iofH

[jtbadge]

Originally Posted by bicycletricycle

Just tell him Columbus max and I want to go fast

https://goo.gl/images/84iofH

100% this.

This is my plan if my aluminum Lobster ever dies.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by bicycletricycle

Just tell him Columbus max and I want to go fast

https://goo.gl/images/84iofH

Trust me, I already have that one bookmarked

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by jtbadge

100% this.

This is my plan if my aluminum Lobster ever dies.

If your Lobster dies, huh? Say no more...

https://youtu.be/DNj1dXi-z0M?t=1m40s

[Peter P.]

If you get a bike built for cantilever brakes, it may have stiffer than normal fork blades and stays to resist brake arm forces. That may result in a stiffer ride than you expected in a road machine. Also, you may have fork chatter because of the front cantilever; a V-brake up front would cure that. Just an FYI and something to discuss with Paul while ordering.

To me, no one has a patent on geometry and there's no secret geometry that's better than others. Hopefully you've been paying attention to the specs of what you've ridden in the past, and liked- put those numbers down on paper.

If you're going with a steel fork and caliper brakes, ask for the brakes to be set at maximum reach, and you may have to get slightly longer chainstays. The result is you'll be able to fit 28mm tires with ease. I had this done with my Soulcraft and in fact, I can squeeze 32's in there, and I have 42cm chainstays.

[mtechnica]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

I still have a bit of time before my number gets called by Mr. Sadoff and I have to make a decision on how I want my steel roadie* frame/fork done up...so I'm thinking about hunting a good used model to get a feel for things I may want the same/different in the custom.

*** this is crazy, trust your builder or don't. Consider a carbon fork, it is 2018. If you must have 1" get a Columbus minimal. If you don't even know what exactly you want WHY are you getting a custom bike?????

And double *** if you might actually want a cross bike???? lol... dude you need to just figure out what you want instead of giving this poor builder heartburn, you probably won't be satisfied with anything he builds even if it's incredible.

Serious answer I guess, get an 80's Merckx or colnago and you'll probably just want the same thing but better, which you can't really have unless you go carbon.