BoTM Bike of The Month August 2023 - 'Steel is Real' -taking entries

Mod-Master · Aug 9, 2023

PhillB said:
Some sweet Steel amongst the entries already. Gonna chuck my 1990 GT Team Avalanche into the ring... well mainly cos I love it and it's been an obsession over the last few months!
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Very nice

Two questions, are you sure that frame is not a smidge too big, and isn’t that stem above its insertion limit? It seems abnormally high

PhillB · Aug 9, 2023

Mod-Master said:
Very nice

Two questions, are you sure that frame is not a smidge too big, and isn’t that stem above its insertion limit? It seems abnormally high

Too big ? Fits me just fine

. The stem has been mentioned before, but I forgot to look at it... The whole bike is solid now after tweaking it over the last couple of weeks, but I'll check it tomorrow.

Mod-Master · Aug 9, 2023

PhillB said:
Too big ? Fits me just fine . The stem has been mentioned before, but I forgot to look at it... The whole bike is solid now after tweaking it over the last couple of weeks, but I'll check it tomorrow.

Well the seatpost is a bit low for the purist side of me, the other side says it looks great and glad it’s being ridden!

I would be wary of it at that height as I have seen snapped stems before because of being above the recommended insertion..

But anyway this isn’t a discussion thread, it’s better to move over to the build thread for that.

PhillB · Aug 9, 2023

Mod-Master said:
Well the seatpost is a bit low for the purist side of me, the other side says it looks great and glad it’s being ridden!

I would be wary of it at that height as I have seen snapped stems before because of being above the recommended insertion..

But anyway this isn’t a discussion thread, it’s better to move over to the build thread for that.

Short legs, long torso means all my bikes are like this

Function over form!

Imlach · Aug 10, 2023

As this is a special month is seems my Schwinn will be allowed one more time.

@Imlach 1988 Schwinn Cruiser

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/schwinn-cruiser-1988-wine-red.450250/

KayOs · Aug 10, 2023

grey-beard said:
I'm going to say no as I'm trying to reduce the competition, but the nice, non competitive side of me says hell yeah, the more the merrier.

I totally agree, so here is @KayOs 1994 Marin Pine Mountain, bought the frameset some years ago for cheap and tinkered with it ever since. Now it's a SSP and I love it.