New travel bike.

Bought this Freshmen year in college. 83 Bianchi. Just recently upgraded the wheel and drivetrain. Still deciding whether to used the all pedal or Look Classic. Without pedals 20.5lb.

What I meant was whether to use the old original pedal or a new Look pedal. Damn auto correction on IPhone!

Upgraded with Athena

I have had this since it was new, I think 84-85.... anyway it was screaming at me to take it for a ride so I put about 75 miles on it .... Still smooth as silk

There are still alot of big artisan steel builders in the UK. I would love a frame in Reynolds 953.

One of the current guys in the limelight is Ricky Feather.

He does some awesome work.


simon's road bike by Feather Cycles, on Flickr

Also, there is the likes of Tom Donhou, Brian Rourke and a few others as well who all built bikes for the Rapha Continental.





http://www.rapha.cc/ricky-feather





http://www.rapha.cc/tom-donhou







http://www.rapha.cc/rourke-cycles

Awesome sample of bikes

Thanks for sharing

This is my new commuter/winter bike in progress.... looking forward to it..

Related to this topic, but there is to be a new Under 23 race team in the UK next year who are to race on Reynolds 953 Steel race bikes, apparently to hit the UCI 6.8kg limit too!

http://road.cc/content/news/62490-roger-hammond-manage-new-uk-based-under-23-team-madison-genesis

Great news. My Winter came in at 6.48 kg, so hitting 6.8 shouldn't be a problem. My understanding is that 953 is very stiff, so they should ride extremely well.

willhouse, that is damn sweet! I LOVE that article!

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I've been riding this for the past year:



1993 Bridgestone RB-1 w/ SRAM.

Its super comfortable, because I have 25c Continental GP 4000S installed with the already comfortable steel frame.

I did a write up of the build here: http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=105552

anyone still have a steel bike?....almost...just adding the finishing touches

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Custom 650c steel Vetta, handbuilt by Antonio Taverna...

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Awesome!

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