Shebeen Posted June 27, 2017 Share This is steel!! And it's real!! so excited you had to take photos on the dark.. Looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted June 27, 2017 Share So a friend is looking for advice on getting a new tourer/commuter. She lives in Vancouver.So obviously I'm googling all the bikeshops that her local friends are suggesting - because N+1 and all of that. (my advice was steel, the rest will work itself out) Then I remembered the time I had a steel tourer/commuter, in Vancouver. I got the whole shebang for like $200 and rode it all round the city, trips to the island and eventually Alaska. Everything, from the bike (DB Topanga) to the rack/panniers + clothing!It was almsot all from a really cool 2nd hand shop - which I know just found on FB again, they're still going! They have this awesome pricing system, where the longer stuff sits, the cheaper it gets! It was exactly like this in 2004, still got a dot matrix printer going https://www.facebook.com/cheapskatesvancouver/ oh ja, so here is my bike. I might have posted it here before, but hell who cares the nerd, Loose cog and IH8MUD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathrix Posted August 4, 2017 Share Tom Ritchey Talks Steel LogicAugust 3, 2017by Richard Pestes I just realized this is the time to talk about steel in a real historical and valued perspective about why it does what it does. - Tom Ritchey http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/tom-ritchey-interview-logic-steel/ http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ritchey16-logic-full8.jpg seanp, Frosty, pista and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanp Posted August 16, 2017 Share Hoping to finish this babe in the next couple of weeks????. pista, IH8MUD, Eppie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanbean Posted August 16, 2017 Share So a friend is looking for advice on getting a new tourer/commuter. She lives in Vancouver.So obviously I'm googling all the bikeshops that her local friends are suggesting - because N+1 and all of that. (my advice was steel, the rest will work itself out) Then I remembered the time I had a steel tourer/commuter, in Vancouver. I got the whole shebang for like $200 and rode it all round the city, trips to the island and eventually Alaska. Everything, from the bike (DB Topanga) to the rack/panniers + clothing!It was almsot all from a really cool 2nd hand shop - which I know just found on FB again, they're still going! They have this awesome pricing system, where the longer stuff sits, the cheaper it gets! It was exactly like this in 2004, still got a dot matrix printer going https://www.facebook.com/cheapskatesvancouver/ oh ja, so here is my bike. I might have posted it here before, but hell who caresMy first mtb, DB Topanga paid R1000 in '91 Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose cog Posted August 16, 2017 Share Hoping to finish this babe in the next couple of weeks.That De Rosa looks to be my size (54-55). If so please bubble wrap the frame immediately. I will send my courier to collect asap. seanp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstV8 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Yip i loved the old steel frames , Reynolds Tubing or Columbus SLX they were the bikes to have . Only ever broke one frame in nearly 25 years of racing on them . Repairs could only be done by real specialized frame builders or you scraped it and upgraded to a newer model or make . My first good frame was a Dutch manufacturer called RIH ( that is the one i broke , hit a car from behind going down Queen Str ) . My last road bike was a Colnago with Shimano Dura Ace group set . I did thousands of kilometers on it and eventually sold it to a collector of steel frame Colmago's pista and seanp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted August 17, 2017 Share Yip i loved the old steel frames , Reynolds Tubing or Columbus SLX they were the bikes to have . Only ever broke one frame in nearly 25 years of racing on them . Repairs could only be done by real specialized frame builders or you scraped it and upgraded to a newer model or make . My first good frame was a Dutch manufacturer called RIH ( that is the one i broke , hit a car from behind going down Queen Str ) . My last road bike was a Colnago with Shimano Dura Ace group set . I did thousands of kilometers on it and eventually sold it to a collector of steel frame Colmago's Three beautiful ladies!!!!RIHColnagoRenault R8 Gordini Don't seem to build such sexy machines anymore. FirstV8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstV8 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Three beautiful ladies!!!!RIHColnagoRenault R8 Gordini Don't seem to build such sexy machines anymore. Thanks yip i enjoyed those bikes . especially my RIH with full Campage in those days . Im glad you recognized the Gordini its my all time non muscle car favourite . I never owned one but im looking to buy one for a customer but they are as scarce as hens teeth and cost from R250K up for an original matching numbers model . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted August 17, 2017 Share Thanks yip i enjoyed those bikes . especially my RIH with full Campage in those days . Im glad you recognized the Gordini its my all time non muscle car favourite . I never owned one but im looking to buy one for a customer but they are as scarce as hens teeth and cost from R250K up for an original matching numbers model . Haa, I have an RIH and a couple of Colnagos, but I don't have a Gordini. Had one, many years ago (1971/73), 1500 full race engine. Loved that car, especially the double fuel tank. Used to leave varsity in Durban at about 5pm, drive all night, fill up again in Petersburg (Polokwane I believe now), reach Beitbridge about 6am, then straight through, home. Had it for about 2, 3 years, then a mate who had a Mini Cooper 1275 wanted a race, he drove the Gordini, I drove the Cooper. He popped a gudgeon pin!!!! I was a student, had no money, so had to sell it. Damn!!! Such is life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monark Posted August 17, 2017 Share Can anyone assist, who is the new Ritchey agent? I'm looking for a 53cm road logic frame set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted August 17, 2017 Share Can anyone assist, who is the new Ritchey agent? I'm looking for a 53cm road logic frame set.http://cyctecdistribution.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monark Posted August 17, 2017 Share thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted September 6, 2017 Share Ok, so after a few rides on clip in pedals, I have confirmed everything for myself regarding riding clipped in. It is just not for me!! Now the hunt for a set of flat pedals!! henningvr, Hairy, Gandalf and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanB Posted September 6, 2017 Share Gandalf, Frosty, Eddy Gordo and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanp Posted September 22, 2017 Share Eventually finished my project build. One or 2 cosmetic changes still to be made.Anyway, heard you guys like pics so here goes. Apologies for the picture quality. Taken with a camera phone ????. Eddy Gordo, gummibear and Hairy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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