Steel frames and le Tour
 

Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?

Steel frames and le Tour
 

On Jul 7, 11:22*am, wrote:
Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?




Yes.

Steel frames and le Tour
 

On Jul 7, 2:22*pm, wrote:
Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?

1989? Maybe early 90s.

--
Rodney Dunning

Steel frames and le Tour
 

On Jul 7, 10:31 pm, Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
On Jul 7, 11:22 am, wrote:

Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?

Yes.

What a relief! At least we're all not "Dumbasses" (myself excluded,
of course).

So, what was the year, what we're the teams and what frames?

Steel frames and le Tour
 

On Jul 9, 3:46 am, wrote:
On Jul 7, 10:31 pm, Kurgan Gringioni wrote:

On Jul 7, 11:22 am, wrote:

Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?

Yes.

What a relief! At least we're all not "Dumbasses" (myself excluded,
of course).

So, what was the year, what we're the teams and what frames?

Since everyone knows that Armstrong won 1993 Worlds on a concealed Ti
bike, I would assume that the official Motorola bike that year was
steel.

-ilan

Steel frames and le Tour
 

On Jul 7, 11:22*am, wrote:
Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?

Not sure about the TdF, but here's the last steel frame to win any
kind of championship:

http://www.bikespecialties.com/site/peloton4.html

Btw, that's Dede Barry's 2002 world cup steel frame with carbon fork.
Here's her description of it:

"I wanted a steel bike, for durability and strength, with the vintage
Mariposa lugs. He ordered the lightest steel available, pieced it
together with the lugs, placed a lightweight, stiff carbon fork on it
and painted the whole bike, including the stem and fork, light and
royal blue. We chose Campagnolo components and he had it all built up
for me in two weeks, just in time to get dialed in on it before the
race."

Steel frames and le Tour
 

On Jul 9, 4:38*pm, bfd wrote:
On Jul 7, 11:22*am, wrote:

Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?

Not sure about the TdF, but here's the last steel frame to win any
kind of championship:

http://www.bikespecialties.com/site/peloton4.html

Btw, that's Dede Barry's 2002 world cup steel frame with carbon fork.
Here's her description of it:

"I wanted a steel bike, for durability and strength, with the vintage
Mariposa lugs. He ordered the lightest steel available, pieced it
together with the lugs, placed a lightweight, stiff carbon fork on it
and painted the whole bike, including the stem and fork, light and
royal blue. We chose Campagnolo components and he had it all built up
for me in two weeks, just in time to get dialed in on it before the
race."

Thanks. That's a gorgeous bike. Love that color-coordinated stem.

Steel frames and le Tour
 

bfd wrote:
Btw, that's Dede Barry's 2002 world cup steel frame with carbon fork.
Here's her description of it:

"I wanted a steel bike, for durability and strength

Ah, a Bianchi then.

Steel frames and le Tour
 

On Jul 7, 1:22*pm, wrote:
Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?

I know up until the mid-90's, Mapei was rockin the Steel Masterlight
in Paris Roubaix.

Steel frames and le Tour
 

On Jul 7, 12:22*pm, wrote:
Anyone know the last year a steel frame was used by a racing cyclist
in the TdF?

I wouldn't be surprised if someone was riding one in this year's
Tour.

Until I rode an S-Works Roubaix this year, I wasn't convinced that any
carbon fiber bike would/could ride as nicely as a steel Lemond Sarthe
I picked up on ebay, and I would gladly ride a hand-built custom steel
frameset (from the right builder with the right tubeset) over any
carbon fiber bike I'd ridden previously. Keep in mind, I'm not a
weight-weenie, so a pound or so more frame weight means nothing to
me. Comfort and durability, on the other hand... much more important.