Steel Porn

[SpinSpinSugar]

Hi ladies. Lets see some of the shapes, sizes, and uses that steel bikes come in. Old, New, MTB, Commuter, beloved old beater? Let's see what you've got.. Show us some Steel bike porn!

I'll start off with my Rawland with it's 4130 steel 650B goodness. It's setup as an all-arounder/light touring bike. The wheels are hand-built 36 spoke double walled rims, 38mm tires, a 26/36/46 triple sugino "touring" crank, and 11/34 9sp cassette so I can go up pretty much anything just not very fast lol....

Forgive the ugly yellow bar tape.. that was supposed to be temporary.. but it's highly visible so I decided to keep it around for a while.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Here's a past TE thread showing a bit of steel porn:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=27192


Aside from that, here is our picture page of my husband and my 5 steel bikes.

[SpinSpinSugar]

Hi BleeckerSt_Girl thanks for the link. Some incredibly beautiful bikes you all have. I'm a sucker for lugging. The Rawland has a beautifully lugged bi-plane fork but you can't see it in the pictures.

BleeckerSt_Girl I noticed that your Luna has very similiar geometry to the Rawland but more compact. Does it have 650(B,C) wheels? How do you like it? Have you had it a while? What do you use it for?

Thanks so much,
SpinSpinSugar

[tulip]

*SIGH*, the term "porn" for bikes really, really bugs me.

But I appreciate steel bikes, alot. Your bike is a beauty, Spin, as are Lisa's and Brian's.

Love that Luna! Here's mine.

[SpinSpinSugar]

Wow that's a beautiful bike Tulip. Forgive my ignorance, but does it have a carbon fork? And I'm sorry if I offended with the bike porn label - none was intended.

Keep the pics coming ladies. How about any steel MTB's? Or 3 speeds?

SpinSpinSugar

[radacrider]

I posted a pic of my MTB (circa '93) here:
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=32876

[tulip]

Wow that's a beautiful bike Tulip. Forgive my ignorance, but does it have a carbon fork? \

Carbon fork and seatstays. I bought it in 2005. It's not custom for me--it was prebuilt, but it might as well have been built for me. I was lucky enough to be in New Mexico for a visit, knew about the bike, and called Margo up. I saw, I rode, I wrote a check.

I also have a steel Jamis Coda Comp (2003) that was my commuter bike but is now my errand bike since I no longer commute to work.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

BleeckerSt_Girl I noticed that your Luna has very similiar geometry to the Rawland but more compact. Does it have 650(B,C) wheels? How do you like it? Have you had it a while? What do you use it for?

I'm 5'5" and my luna takes 700 wheels. If i was maybe 2" shorter I would have opted for smaller wheels, but the 700's are just fine for me and I don't have toe overlap issues. Yes I LOVE my Luna. Have had it about a year and a half, and use it for pretty much all my riding, got a couple thousand miles on it by now I imagine.

Tulip, that's a real beauty! Love the luscious tomato red of these bikes I'm seeing here!

[Veronica]

Our custom tandem.

Veronica

[Cataboo]

That is a work of art with all those little details.

[redrhodie]

I agree. That's crazy nice.

[Bike Chick]

What a super cool bike! That rotor with custom cut-out geckos is just too neat.

[Savra]

If this works - my new Surly all decked out. Definitely porn.

[Owlie]

That is a work of art with all those little details.

Agreed! I love the geckos.

Catrin, this is the first good look I've gotten of your Gunnar (I was gone when you actually got the bike). Very nice!

[WindingRoad]

Wow that tandem is amazing!