Steel Bike "Lovers" roll call

[TheseGoTo11]

Soulcraft Tradesman...

[Ryun]

Here are mine:
Hampsten Lugged life tubing
Bixxis Prima D11 Spirit tubing
Hampsten Minimus Life tubed
Speedvagen Road
Hampsten Fixed minimus
Zanconato Pegorichie lugged
Speedvagen Cross
vanilla track
Chris Chance Road True Temper
Zanconato MTB

Speedvagen Urban racer not pictured

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by denvervig

Finally joining this forum! Found this a few years ago and brought it back to life - 1 of 25 frames he built during his brief stint at Proteus

Very cool

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[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Ryun

Here are mine:

Hampsten Lugged life tubing

Bixxis Prima D11 Spirit tubing

Hampsten Minimus Life tubed

Speedvagen Road

Hampsten Fixed minimus

Zanconato Pegorichie lugged

Speedvagen Cross

Chris Chance Road True Temper

Zanconato MTB

Wowsers. That collection is beautiful. Not a single dud in the whole lot of em...

Is the Zank MTB a new one? Don't remember seeing you post it before.

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[Ryun]

Ive had it a few years now.
Mike did a nice job.
27.5" 1 x11 di2

[hainy]

Holly S*$t that is quite a collection

Are you single or now divorced?

[Ryun]

Originally Posted by hainy

Holly S*$t that is quite a collection

Are you single or now divorced?

Haha
Married 25 years
She married me when I was a bike racer and gone racing most weekends. A few bikes don’t bother her.
And those are just the steel ones

[tv_vt]

Originally Posted by Ryun

Here are mine:
Hampsten Lugged life tubing
Bixxis Prima D11 Spirit tubing
Hampsten Minimus Life tubed
Speedvagen Road
Hampsten Fixed minimus
Zanconato Pegorichie lugged
Speedvagen Cross
vanilla track
Chris Chance Road True Temper
Zanconato MTB

Speedvagen Urban racer not pictured

Ryun, you mention the tubing of most of these bikes. In your opinion, is there a 'better' set of tubes among the mix? Is Spirit better than Life, for example? Or are there really no differences you can discern? I ask because I'm curious about the Pegoretti Duende, which uses the Spirit tubing, which I know basically nothing about. I'm riding an MXL Nivachrome bike when I ride steel these days, which is really a nice ride. Thanks.

[mktng]

I keep tweaking this bike. But it always goes back to a classic and simple build.

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[Redbasso2]

Basso Loto (90s vintage)
Whitcomb ( Reynolds 753, 80s vintage)
Carl Strong Gravel ( S3 & Life tubing)
Capricorn Fixed Gear (True Temper)
VonHof Road coming ( Spirit HSS).

[54ny77]

Stunning!!!

Originally Posted by Bike-o-rama

My first bike post on the forum. This is one of my favorites from the stable. Bishop steel made with Columbus Air steel and SRAM gear.
https://forums.thepaceline.net/attac...1&d=1564891330

[BRad704]

Originally Posted by mktng

I keep tweaking this bike. But it always goes back to a classic and simple build.

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How do you get the stem adapter low enough for the stem to be flush with the top of the headset? I've got adapters for both my steel bikes but they look so bad with the gaps...



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[rccardr]

Not the same bike, but the same slammo look. This is a Profile Design adaptor.
Would be even lower if I shaved the top of the steer tube and used a smaller headset spacer...

[Ryun]

[QUOTE=tv_vt;2589154]Ryun, you mention the tubing of most of these bikes. In your opinion, is there a 'better' set of tubes among the mix? Is Spirit better than Life, for example? Or are there really no differences you can discern? I ask because I'm curious about the Pegoretti Duende, which uses the Spirit tubing, which I know basically nothing about. I'm riding an MXL Nivachrome bike when I ride steel these days, which is really a nice ride. Thanks.[/QUOTE

I don't know if there is much difference between Life and Spirit. really I just defer to the builder. On the extremes, there are some differences; I would guess it mostly comes down to diameters. My pegorichie tubed zank has pretty standard diameters is not nearly as stiff as my spirit/life bikes.

The duende is a very nice riding bike. I think it will be a bit more compliant than a mxl tubed bike but still plenty of pop.
I think the duende and Marcelo are the same spirit front triangle with different rear ends.

Ryun

[mktng]

Originally Posted by BRad704

How do you get the stem adapter low enough for the stem to be flush with the top of the headset? I've got adapters for both my steel bikes but they look so bad with the gaps...



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This is a re-issued PR82 Master X Light. 1 inch threadless steerer. No adapter for this one.