Lugged Steel Frame Bicycles

Sizes from 47 to 63 cm.

Lugged steel frame bicycles. We all know cycling is an evolving sport new alternatives are chosen every year in terms of materials design and technology. Models have heritage steel frames of the most leading edge metallurgy joined with generations of knowledge in hand crafted technique. Whether you are a randonneur globe trotting adventurer or sidehacker a fitz bike will get you there in old world elegance with a modern flare. 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.

Open monday through friday 9 3 pacific time. Lugged steel frame construction is a method of building bicycle frames using steel tubing mated with socket like sleeves called lugs. Tweedy builds all of our lugged frames and brazed forks right here in house. Welded steel frames are fabricated by jason grove el camino fab way down in.

Then mated with the best choice of high end components wheels and carbon fiber. About the builder fitz cyclez affordable custom tig welded and lugged steel frames and forks. We have over 300 quality vintage lugged steel road bikes from the 1970s and 80s available for restoration including nishiki schwinn raleigh bianchi trek motobecane gitane faggin specialized peugeot lejeune jack taylor alan holdsworth and terry. He spent time as a master frame builder in japan and has built bikes for a number of professional cyclists including a time trial bike built for lance armstrong that features a unique bottom bracket foil banned by the uci a.

For most of the bicycle s history steel has been the primary material for bicycle frames with lugged construction the primary assembling method. Peter graham ex mad fiber wheels is in charge of our carbon frame fabrication here at hampco. In walnut creek california since 1994. 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.

About rivendell bicycle works. Peter has a long history of working with carbon fiber and is a heck of a good dad to boot. Based in rifle co yamaguchi has been building steel bicycle frames for the better part of the past 40 years. Iride bicycles possess a complimentary balance of traditional and advanced characteristics.

We ve been bucking trends with lugged steel bicycle frames wool cycling clothes cotton bike luggage and leather saddles ever since 1994. You won t find downtube shifters here instead masi has.