Lugged Steel Frame Uk

At steel vintage bikes we believe in innovation but we also think that modernisation and tradition can cooperate to realise innovative solutions that will offer to the rider a fantastic experience without giving up what only steel can provide.

Lugged steel frame uk.

World beatin lugged steel bicycles all the great stuff you ll need to build accessorize ride them. Through a lot of development and hard work i have created a system which allows me to overcome these difficulties and produce fully lugged fully stainless steel frames that they re quite labor intensive but like with most things in life i think the results justify the work. You won t find downtube shifters here instead masi has. Lugged tig welded or fillet brazed.

We all know cycling is an evolving sport new alternatives are chosen every year in terms of materials design and technology. Post second world war through the bike boom of the 50s tapering off in the 1960s and then the late 1970 and early 80s boom to taper off again in the late 80s and almost dying off in the 1990s lugged steel frames ruled. Steel and stainless steel of course. There s no doubt that steel is still the material of choice of most custom frame builders although there s plenty of variation in the ways that they stick it together to make a bike.

The frame is the heart of the bike so it s important you get the correct size geometry material and type for your riding. Whether you re after a lightweight carbon road frame a heavy duty full suspension mountain bike model or a steel touring frame hopefully you ll find something below. From columbus zona life spirit or xcr reynolds dedacciai or true temper. In walnut creek california since 1994.

Super smooth fillet brazed lugged or semi lugged. Road mtb cyclocross track. A classic lugged frame with wrap around top eyes brings back the elegance of the hey day of british frame building. Open monday through friday 9 3 pacific time.

For most of the bicycle s history steel has been the primary material for bicycle frames with lugged construction the primary assembling method. Lugged steel frame construction is a method of building bicycle frames using steel tubing mated with socket like sleeves called lugs.