Anyone still have a steel bike?

[fa63]

Here is my Zanconato as it stands today:

[SalsaLover]

I think a few pics of my Master belong here ?


Master 30th AD10 por Salsa_Lover, en Flickr

Master 30th Cosmics por Salsa_Lover, en Flickr

[btompkins0112]

They most certainly do!! The Cosmics look fantastic! Chapeau!!

[ultyguy]

Wow, Salsa, stunning! ESP with the Mavics!

[DRAGON60]

fa63 -----excellent bike and even better-----excellent blog----really enjoyed it and your reviews are interesting, non- biased and a good read.

salsalover----such a sweet-looking Colnago

[Wingnut]

My old training bike...except for the saddle...

Memories of silver brazed Reynolds 531 tubing, 9 speed, down tube shifters and Cinelli's awful misaligned Ti Grammo stems...

[theletterk]

adding my EM telekom into my fav thread!

[FrederickPunter]

My Steel Commuter

[Bantamben]

I wanted to start a thread with pics of steel bikes with carbon deep wheels. I love the look. I personally have 46mm on mine but am thinking of going deeper. I do live in a very hilly area in Southern California so every ride I do has a few 5-12 percent ascents and descents. I know the only downside I've had with carbons is the descending with a crosswind and a big truck goes by you, it can get a little tense. I'm guessing with 60mm it gets worse. Braking has been great, btw mine are tubulars. Feedback on your experiences descending with 50+mm wheels appreciated.
Here's a few pics of my pegoretti duende 60cm

[Bantamben]

Wanted to see how the steel bike looks with deep dish tubulars... better than I thought.

Looks great

[Malik]

Looks fu&*&^ng awesome

[LionelB]

That bikes will look good with any wheelset

[Wingnut]

Bantamben,

Apparently Dario Pegoretti strictly recommends using a seatpost with setback...have you tried this? Great looking bike as well...

[Bantamben]

I prefer the look of a setback seatpost but getting a fit my saddle woulda been all the way forward and still been short. I guess because of tall seat height 82cm and slack seat tube.

[adirik]

My Pegoretti Duende and Luigino...