steel is real 80s bikes are best bikes carbon is for freds

Again looking for some attention eh VeganFaggot?

Bars look a bit low, you should flip that stem. Oh wait, you can't.

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Let's go on a bike ride
I hope you can keep up

>>1054492
cat6 me
>>1054494
>not slamming your stem
>being a filthy casual
>being a fred

>>1054496
>2017
>takes a picture of bike when not on biggest ring

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>>1054496
Okay then I'll ride my meme machine. Steel bicycles are far superior for nearly all uses but if my goal is only to go fast then I will ride carbon. But usually when I ride it is not only to go fast, it is to go on an adventure.

>>1054496
Where do you live?
>>1054498
REKT
E
K
T

>>1054498
I don't need to pretend to be fast
>Goes to low ring to approach rough terrain up to where I'll take a picture
>Get off bike and put it back on the big ring to pretend I mashed my way there
>>1054499
Now we're talking senpai, that's a slick ride
I wouldn't believe it but your piss bottles don't lie

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>>1054501
>piss bottles
If you are referring to the yellow tint it's because the water where I live has a high mineral content and stains the bottles slightly yellowish.

>>1054503
>Spandex fag
Nevermind
Dropped

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what's up fellow poorfags

>>1054505

I... this...

I love this bike.

what is it about neglected frames with well-maintained components?

>>1054503
yeah no thats pee in there ya dink

>>1054491
For a vegan you sure do eat a lot of cock meat, faggot.

>>1054496

>landscape looks flat as fuck
>compact chainset
>on the small ring
>schwalbe
>top tube bag


sure hope this is bait

>>1054525
The fact that only people who are into bikes notice them

>garbon bike components

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxeyI_B4nEE

>>1054537
This was today?

>>1054532
>Compact chainset
Spin to win senpai
>On the small ring
Let me drive my slicks down a dirt road at 20mph genius
>Top tube bag
? Shits great

>>1054503
That jersey is the equivalent of a fedora, what a memester.

what's wrong with aluminum

>>1054491

>Weighs than a 160mm travel enduro bike

Yeah no thanks.

>>1054503
You slurp nig cock wearing that jersey, gaywad?

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>>1054581
No it doesn't. It is substantially lighter than my 160mm carbon enduro bike (pic related).

>>1054613
>ergon grips
>endurbro bike
kill y/s pleas

>>1054613
looks like it weighs more than a car.

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>>1054613
i think you are doing those grips wrong.

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>>1054491
>80s bikes are best bikes

90s steel >>> 80s steel

>>1054710
My /n/igga where do you live? My brother sold a bike exactly like that in California recently.

>>1054735
Missouri.

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>>1054735

>>1054710
nice job on that saddle btw, did you use any staples or just glue?

>>1054751
I bought an old jacket from the good will. I used 3m super 77 spray adhesive.

My 80s road bike is an absolute state after this winter season

will upload pics when I get home

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Couldnt find a recent photo of my 80s road, so ill share my 90s steel pig

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>>1054768
ugly cunt

>>1054768
Baller

>>1054503
why are you so fat?

>>1054575
heavier than carbon and prone to fatigue. and that's it

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>>1054775
Tams is that u

>>1054503
That's gross my dude. If the place I lived in could only supply filthy sewer water on tap, I would drink bottled water exclusively.

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Rate my 80's steel bike. Pls no bully

>>1054710
Neat

>>1054496
that bike and not clipless.
niigaushat

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Selling this guy. Steel is great, but as a racer I don't have much use for it (if I had enough dosh to own more than two bikes than I would keep it for training though!)

if you ride clipless pedals you're a fred!!!!!

>>1054792
Kick ass. Perhaps a white turbo saddle would complete it

>>1054792
totally sweet dude, you will always have the vaporwave at your back

>>1054812
how does it cost you money to own more than two bikes

Raleigh Winner 1987 here.
I love it, this link explains the appeal of this kind of bike : https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/theeverydaycyclist.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/bring-back-the-humble-10-speed/amp/

>>1054812
Didn't you buy this bike like a month ago?

>>1054491
Steel is good
Aluminium is good
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer is good

Scandium = meme
Bamboo = hipster meme

>>1054532
>Schwalbe
As opposed to Contimemetal?
Well the lugano tyres are not great,only their puncture protection and bead tolerance are decent.

>>1054505
I love bikes like this.

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Steeeeel

80's

>>1054788
It's not dirty water. It's clean water that contains iron. It's healthier and tastes better than city water.

>>1055035
M-my gross yellow water is healthier than your clean normal water =(((

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Back to basics.

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>>1054768
Here's a photo of my road

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Steel iz real

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Here's my steel beast - pic is from almost a year ago, it now has Campy shifters so it's got a full Srampagmanotour drivetrain (Red cranks, Athena brifters, Superbe fd, Ultegra RD).

>>1054768
This is a terrible way to carry a frame... I know because I've tried it myself.

>>1055352
Hot.

>>1055356
Thank you, your bianchi is good lookin. To be honest i didnt think it would work but i proved its self sturdy enough for its 2 mile transport

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my 88

>>1054787
>>1054792
>>1055328
>>1055352
P-please tell me more, senpai-tachi

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>>1054732
This, it was the pinnacle of steel bike frames

>>1054768
i love that old univega
looks like a dope ride for just fucking around town on

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>>1054792
>Hot.
>>>
> Anonymous 03/12/17(Sun)01:53:40 No.1055360▶

Best one

Pic related is my commuter. Used to be my primary before I got a newer bike.

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Just slapped some new wheels on

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rust bluing lets em see that the steel is 4 reel

Hnng, all these bikes look beautiful. I love the 80's/90's steel look.

I'm surprised at how few have rear racks though,
>>1055580
>>1055447
>>1055356
>>1055352
>>1055328
>>1055021
>>1054792
>>1054710
are all gorgeous, but how do you use it on a day to day basis? I have to take a backpack everywhere and I stick it on the rack so does everyone else just wear a backpack the whole time? Or fit everything in frame bags?

>>1055617
I use the paramount with a back pack, the mtb has a rack that i use for a jandd trunk

>>1055617
>but how do you use it on a day to day basis?
By having multiple bikes - some setup for utility purposes, others just for fun rides.

>>1055638
Thats it pretty much. I tried to use a rack on my road bike but the hardware i used wasnt very secure and it always rattled. I took it off and set it aside, thats how it ended up on the sweet univega beach bruiser

>>1055617
I use that as my road bike, I commute on a 90s mtb and use a backpack, it's never been a problem

>>1055636
>>1055638
>>1055643
Ah, yeah I just have the one bike, and I need it to commute.

>>1055020
>>1055021
>those 80's triangles

I am fully erect

>>1055612
C O T T E R E D

>>1054496
>that gear ratio
LOL

Fucking leglet. Someone on an 80's 10-speed would probably beat you. You probably don;t think they can get up to your 20MPH top speed on their archaic "toys." Newflash: You can have just as high a gear on an 80's road bike as you can on a modern bike. They're just a little extra weight, which is only a real disadvantage during acceleration and hill climbing. Considering the extra weight you probably carry in your ass, and the small size of you legs, you've lsot the weight advantage.

>>1054497
>tfw comy 80's bike with 630mm wheels and a slammed stem w/ suicide levers

>>1055670
>You can have just as high a gear on an 80's road bike as you can on a modern bike.
No you can't. 52x14 is basically the highest gear you can get on an OTS. That's still a high enough gear to go fast though.

>>1055649
>Cottered is a bad thing

I've really not had any issues with them. Serviced the bottom bracket a couple months ago and they came on and off just fine. They look good, so I'll keep them on till they wear out.

>>1054503
Why is your torso so deformed?

>>1055758
Either you inadvertently mount them just a bit too loose, so they will wobble out again and deform the crankset or they excel at catching trouser's legs, shoelaces and whathaveyou.
>Donotwant.lbm

>>1055697
I ride an 80s fuji del ray with 52/11
Yeah the rear wheelwell is 126 mm, you can squeeze a 130 mm in there if you arent a bitch

>>1055697
1. Even if you use vintage parts there are plenty of freewheels with 13t cogs and it's not that hard to find 53 or 54t chainrings
2. Most steel frames can be spread to accept 130mm hub, which means there's nothing stopping you from using 11 or 12t cogs.

>>1055778
I've been using that as a daily commuter for 3 years. Literally never had any of those problems.

Maybe you're just a bad mechanic.

>>1055785
That's not an OTS if you're putting on new modern parts. That's a modern bike with the frame of an OTS.

>>1055791
>1. Even if you use vintage parts there are plenty of freewheels with 13t cogs
In 5 speed, like a proper OTS? No, not really. They exist, but they're rare. 12 speed and 14 speed sure.

>it's not that hard to find 53 or 54t chainrings
We're talking about an OTS, not an OTS with modern parts. Yes, they made 54t time trialing vintage rings. No, they're really not common, certainly not as stock equipment.

How the fuck is is an 80's 10 speed when you put on a modern freehub wheel and 7+ speed cassettes? This is ridiculous. All you're saying is vintage steel frame, not an OTS.

>2. Most steel frames can be spread to accept 130mm hub, which means there's nothing stopping you from using 11 or 12t cogs.
The fact that it stops being an OTS once you start modernizing it.

>>1055808
>>1055809
"Ten speed" is a generic term for road bikes sold in the US during the 1970's and 80's, it applies to a whole class of bikes and most of them weren't even originally sold with 2x5 gearing.

As for how much change you can make to a bike before it's no longer an OTS, that's a Ship of Theseus dilemma. Personally, I'm willing to accept any bike that still looks and rides pretty much the same, as it did when the frame was new in 1975 as an OTS. An old steel frame with a 2x11 drivetrain and indexed DT or bar-end shifters? OTS. 2x10 with brifters, or with a modern aero wheelset? Not an OTS.

>>1054581
>tfw I have a 8,5kg steel 1955 Torpado Superleggera

That's like half of the weight of a 160mm travel Enduro bike.

>>1055816
A ten speed has ten speeds, meaning 2x5. That's why it's called a ten speed. Your attempts at semantics are pathetic and don't even make sense.

>>1055816
You're a fucking moron. A ten speed bicycle is a bicycle with ten speeds. Fuck off.

>>1055867
>>1056121
Then recommending anyone to buy an "old ten speed" is retarded cause old 12-14 speed bikes are much easier to find, newer, have more speeds and are just as cheap if not cheaper.

>>1055758
He didn't say it's a bad thing faggot
>>1056123
No they're literally not

>>1055863

I think you should weight your bike again.

>>1055791
i'm not completely sure. I have a french bike from the 80's, i did put a 130mm wheel (you can do this alone by hand) and a 8 speed cassette but the smaller cog is unsusable. When the chain is on the smaller cog it rubs on the frame and block.

Also you need to change the derailler because the range is not the same (obviously).

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haven't ridden it in a while, but it was my first real bike so I'll never sell it

>>1056199
i would ride the fuck out of that thing all day every day
put some bar ends on it, and that's pretty fuckin rad

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How about an old steel three-speed?