Anyone still have a steel bike?
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This photo is my Shamrock Cycles bike, built by Tom O'Donnell in Indianapolis, Indiana. This particular bike was shown at NAHBS in Sacramento where it was built up with Super Record, Enve's shallow profile climbing wheels laced to DT Swiss 180 hubs , an Eriksen Ti seat post, some tricky light brakes and weighed in right around 7.7kg It's a totally bespoke frame with Columbus Spirit for Lugs tubing, a custom steel fork and stem. This photo is a few years old, but it's now built up with SRAM Force 22 and a set of Stan's 340 Comp wheels, and weighs in at 9.5kg or about 21lbs. Despite it being a "heavy bike" I'm yet to find something that it's not fun to do on it. I've raced crits with it. I've ridden gravel roads on it (It will take up to a 28mm). Hell, I've even ridden some nasty single track on it. It's a totally daily driver. My next bike will be something a bit lighter, but not because I need anything better.
*Sorry about the nasty looking cross chaining in the photo.
- Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
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acliff wrote:My Argos bike:
Not weight weenie, but I love it all the same!
Didn't know about that brand. It looks so good, nice tight race bike.
acliff wrote:My Argos bike:
Not weight weenie, but I love it all the same!
What make and type are your stem and bars?
And if I ever meet an aardvark, I'm going to step on its damn protruding nasal implement until it couldn't suck up an insect if its life depended on it.
- Stolichnaya
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Current iteration of my steel Landshark CX frameset.
Timo, the brakes are great. Thank for the tip.
Timo, the brakes are great. Thank for the tip.
Timo wrote:acliff wrote:My Argos bike:
Not weight weenie, but I love it all the same!
What make and type are your stem and bars?
It is a Nitto pearl 9 and a Deda Piega 26mm compact handlebars.
Not light parts, but solid.
I have a deep carbon wheelset to swap with the cosmics at some point, make it go even faster.
Thanks! I like it since I am looking for a sleek quill stem I can "slam" (Cinelli stems can't)
And if I ever meet an aardvark, I'm going to step on its damn protruding nasal implement until it couldn't suck up an insect if its life depended on it.
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