Ya big lug!

[KnottedYet]

SOMA is doing lugged frames now!

http://www.somafab.com/speedster.html

[KnottedYet]

Oooh, and SOMA has sale frames that were mis-painted/mis-labelled.

http://store.somafab.com/spsafr.html

[roguedog]

stop it.. i can't look!! must not look..


dammit why do they only mess up big people frames??

[roguedog]

oooh.. i like how they painted their lugs and fork .. hmm.. maybe I can do that for the xo.. with orange tho.. hmmm...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I guess this means lugged steel bikes are going to be the next big biking fad?
Rivendell's been quietly making them all along. We're now a 3 Rivendell family. Lugged steel is great as a long distance road & touring bike, and also as an everyday bike for all kinds of conditions. We like riding on very rough gravel/dirt roads, we can put any width tire on our Rivendells, from 23's all the way up to 38's. That gives us a lot of versatility.

Steel. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

[mimitabby]

They already are the next big bike fad! You think Rivendell's the only one?
(try looking at some of the avatars on TE) I fought popular sentiment in my house because i didn't want to pay for those lugs, as pretty as they are.
my bike to be is tig welded. If it's good enough for airplane parts, (we do it at my factory too) it's good enough for me.

[KnottedYet]

when did lugs start? 1890's? 1900's? I checked out that great book about the history of the bicycle (I think it was just called "The Bicycle") from the library a while back. Some of those pictures were just lovely!

[Pedal Wench]

I just won a gorgeous steel lugged Colnago. Purple, at that, with chromed chainstays and seat stays. I'm so excited to be fashionable again!

[mimitabby]

I just won a gorgeous steel lugged Colnago. Purple, at that, with chromed chainstays and seat stays. I'm so excited to be fashionable again!

You WON a Colnago (pictures please) HOW did you win a Colnago??
and
CONGRATULATIONS!!

[Pedal Wench]

You WON a Colnago (pictures please) HOW did you win a Colnago??
and
CONGRATULATIONS!!

Oh my - no! Sorry - WON as in, "You are the winning bidder" on ebay!

[mimitabby]

that is still awesome!

Congrats! More details? (going to ebay to try and find it now)

[Pedal Wench]

It's a Colnago Master, straight from the homeland

[mimitabby]

ah, be still my heart. My friends who have Colnagos ride them like they are the wind, with pride and job.
(the picture looks more pink than purple though)

I noticed someone auctioned off a lot of Colnago frames. Did a shop go out of business?

[Pedal Wench]

I'll let you know the color when it gets here, but I double-checked and he said purple. There's a closeup of the rear dropout and chainstay that looks more purpley than pink. My other Colnago is blue and pink (and it does ride like the wind!), my Cannondales are pink, my friends call me 'Pinky', so if it IS pink, it's not a bad thing.

I missed out on a gorgeous black and truly purple steel bike a few weeks ago - it went for well over $1,000. Out of my league, for sure.

[mimitabby]

you have two Colnago's and a 1K bike is out of your league??

have fun, let's see how you "dress it up" I am in the planning stages for dressing up my new Italian steel bike frame as well.