Lugged Steel Frame Uk

With a lugged construction the frame is made from columbus cromor steel tubing and features a 1 1 8 head tube and a lugged chromoly fork.

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. From columbus zona life spirit or xcr reynolds dedacciai or true temper. 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. Super smooth fillet brazed lugged or semi lugged.

World beatin lugged steel bicycles all the great stuff you ll need to build accessorize ride them. Road mtb cyclocross track. Lugged steel frame construction is a method of building bicycle frames using steel tubing mated with socket like sleeves called lugs. For most of the bicycle s history steel has been the primary material for bicycle frames with lugged construction the primary assembling method.

You won t find downtube shifters here instead masi has. Lugged tig welded or fillet brazed. 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. Steel and stainless steel of course.

The frame is the heart of the bike so it s important you get the correct size geometry material and type for your riding. We all know cycling is an evolving sport new alternatives are chosen every year in terms of materials design and technology. Closed saturdays sundays. 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.

In walnut creek california since 1994. A classic lugged frame with wrap around top eyes brings back the elegance of the hey day of british frame building.