Another One Down

This was a sad day. Mikko's Rossin Pista was not made for bike polo, obviously. On the other hand the bike has been ridden hard for a long time so this was not exactly a suprise, I guess. Also, I'd say it's still probably somehow fixable but who knows.

Columbus Air

Columbus Air tubing, that's some rare 'ish from way in the early 1990s when the Aero-craze first hit.

Why I'm posting this is because Steel is Real, of course, and exotic Italian steel tubing even more so, but also because I came across this cool pic last week when Googling some info on frames made out of this stuff.

The reason being that there was an interesting track frame in my size on Ebay with aero steel tubing BUT thankfully I found out that finding an oval-shaped seatpost, like in the pic, specifictly made for frames made out of Columbus Air is not easy, so I passed on that one.

And another thing was that the new 14R frame is also made out of aero-shaped steel tubing. I'm looking forward to that stuff starting to get used more again.

All you steel fetishists check out more nice pics HERE.

14R // 14 Bike Co X FGLDN

14 Bike Co X FGLDN Collabo.

"14R frame + forks are priced at £1000.00 and can be pre-ordered from john@14bikeco.com. Frame sets will be available from mid February."

Filet brazed oversized aero-shaped Reynolds 853 steel. The "Tight" or "Super-Tight" geo is maybe bit of LOL but Steel Is Real. I do approve.

See photos here.

'Guaranteed Built With Awesome 531'

If you ride a frame made out of Reynolds 531 tubing, you know what this is about. I do.

Buy yours HERE. Or do you prefer a t-shirt instead?