Anyone still have a steel bike?

[Wingnut]

Now this is a nice lightweight steel road bike!

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/worlds-l ... road-bike/

[flying]

Now this is a nice lightweight steel road bike!

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/worlds-l ... road-bike/

Beautiful!

[pashax]

I am kind of torn between two frames : Ritchey Road Logic and Cinelli Vigorelli Road.
Ritchey has more relaxed geometry , accepts wider tyres as well as all-external cable routing. The only thing I like about Cinelli more is the colour haha. Any opinions ?

[crashtester]

The Vigorelli Road geometry is based on their track bike, with less BB drop than a regular road frame, which will enhance agility and allow you to pedal through corners. If you're into crit races that might be an advantage, otherwise I would prefer the added stability you get with the usual 70mm BB drop, which I think is what the Ritchey has. For general road riding it makes much more sense. I have the Ritchey and I also have a Canyon Ultimate carbon bike and I can tell you that in comparable sizes the Canyon geometry is marginally more relaxed, so the Ritchey is by no means a "sportive" geometry, it's much closer to a race geometry, especially if you slam the stem.

[Dov]

Here is my DeRosa Nuovo Classico.
As pictured it weighs 8.5kg.
Not there lightest but not bad considering Garmin V3 pedals, custom stem, 2 bottle cages

[kgt]

Beautiful! Does it have Reynolds tubes? I thought De Rosa only used Columbus.

[mkentik]

And another Italian lady, Gios Evolution pro
with silver shinny Campagnolo Ponteza and full panto

1)Cicli Barco XCR
2)Pinarello Dogma F8 Disc
3)Colnago Oval Master Titanium

[crashtester]

Here is my DeRosa Nuovo Classico.
As pictured it weighs 8.5kg.
Not there lightest but not bad considering Garmin V3 pedals, custom stem, 2 bottle cages

What a beauty!
If I want to be picky I'll just say that the Shumano levers have too bulky hoods for that frame, I'd love that with some campy shifters and a 5 arm crankset, but it is really nice regardless.

[flying]

And another Italian lady, Gios Evolution pro
with silver shinny Campagnolo Ponteza and full panto

Nice

I really think Campagnolo should have kept the Potenza Silver option going.

I know they have Centaur but the Potenza was extra nice & in a world with very few silver groupset options I thought it
was a good move for them

[mkentik]

And another Italian lady, Gios Evolution pro
with silver shinny Campagnolo Ponteza and full panto

Nice

I really think Campagnolo should have kept the Potenza Silver option going.

I know they have Centaur but the Potenza was extra nice & in a world with very few silver groupset options I thought it
was a good move for them

Totally agree

1)Cicli Barco XCR
2)Pinarello Dogma F8 Disc
3)Colnago Oval Master Titanium

[coreyaugustus]

Here is my DeRosa Nuovo Classico.

That's hot stuff. Thanks for sharing. Nice choice of group and wheels to make the color of the frame pop.

[Robt57]

Latest Steely, Procured this ROB ENGLISH super duper custom ex-NAHBS creation from PaceLine.

Was frameset with the important bits, like the upsidedown onepiece steel stem, Ti headset, post/saddle bits and had some Di2 wire still in the frame, none of which were good unfortunately. I say that because the wire routing work was challanging, albeit fun actually.

I had concerns about the 4" saddle to bar drop. But I lost 35lb since late 2018 and without the spare truck tire arounf my waste I find I can once again do that aero position. Not sure I'd wanna do it for a century...

[Wingnut]

I like it, please post a pic with a side view!

[kgt]

+1

[Robt57]

I like it, please post a pic with a side view!

Did you mean me/the English?

If so, there you go...