Steel bike porn

[motochick]

There of some of you out there that like the old, lugged, steel bikes, so this is for you. I just got this 1982 custom Medici with full campy super record for not a lot of money. I also bought the husbands bike because it too was decked out in Campy SR and I will be building another frame up with these components.
I almost put the frame up for sale here because it is too small for me, but because hubby has a Medici, I decided to give it a try. The compact frame is actually quite comfy. I installed the new sew-ups on it last week and it was not as hard as everyone makes it out to be.




Here is the other bike I bought for the parts. All I did was wash it! The frame is a Miyata build, very high end Univega. It is stunning in person.




Here is my husbands Medici that he bought brand new in 1987. I have showed this one before here, but it is just so pretty!




This one is my hubby's commuter bike. I paid $40 for it. It has been powder coated and I did the lug work.




This was for pure enjoyment only, if you did not enjoy this, then you must be too young! Any other beautiful, 80's, lugged riders out there?

Brenda

[Tuckervill]

Love them all! Especially the chrome forks. I would pass out if I found a bike around here with ANYTHING Campy on it.

Here's my lugged steel beauty, taking me for a ride in Vermont. Not a great picture, but I liked the place!

[twin]

your bikes are beautiful!

[madscot13]

Those are quite nice! I especially love the first one. You let me know when you are feeling too cramped on it.

[smurfalicious]

This isn't a recent picture but she does look extra cute in her panniers. She has pink bar tape now and I just ordered some new Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX tires that have white sidewalls. I'll post pics when we get those. Should be hotness.

Funny how many Centurions have come out of the woodwork. My girl was and is still a giant work in progress that used to be a Diamondback Centurion. I guess they were one on the same like Plymouth/Dodge.

[HillSlugger]

That Univega may have the longest head tube I've ever seen on a bike!

All are gorgeous!

[badgercat]

What lovely bikes! This thread reminds me that today was the first time I saw (or maybe just the first time I noticed) someone riding a Surly. It made me want some kind of rad steel bike... not that I don't love my aluminum hybrid.

[Veronica]

My Rivendell Legolas

[redrhodie]

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Here's ours at the beach. Mine is the red one, mid 1980s, and DBF's is a 1969 Coppi.

[motochick]

^^^^^^^^ NOT FAIR! Wanna trade? Merckx is on my top 5 want list!! And that Rivendell has some SWEET lugs. And yes mudmucker, we have a few saddles, still one shy of what we need!

Brenda

[xeney]

All of my bikes are steel except for my mountain bike. All of my husband's bikes (including mountain bike) are steel except he has one carbon fiber road bike.

Bianchi Veloce (mine) and Bianchi Vigorelli (his):



80s Nishiki Sport mixte, converted to single speed:



My husband's lamented Centurion Super Elite, converted to single speed, confiscated by police after an accident and he never managed to get it back:



My 80s Puch mixte:



My new Soma Speedster, mid-build and not quite ready for its closeup:



We also have three lugged 80s or 90s Specialized Allez (Allezs? Allezes?) but no good pictures of any of them.

[Tri Girl]

Beautiful bikes, xeney- but where do you put them all? Do you have a guest house out back just for the bikes?