Steel Mtb Bike Frame
We chose steel because it offers the best combination of value comfort and resiliency of all the popular frame materials.
Steel mtb bike frame. Each ritchey mountain bike is informed by decades of the skill mastery and insight that comes from building thousands of bicycle frames before ever tackling the first mtb that bore the ritchey name. 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. Types of steel bike frames. High tensile this is the weakest and heaviest type of steel used for manufacturing bike frames.
At curtlo cycles how a bike feels is everything and the best way to get the ultimate feel is to have a bike that fits properly. Vintage bridgestone xo 4 frame set 22 touring mtb gravel campagnolo peterson ff. The first mountain bikes were made out of steel but that is not why we decided to make these. Torch got you down.
Each frame we build is custom fit to the rider plain and simple. Hardly any folks these days buy a steel frame as their first mountain bike. The snob is ritte s stainless steel model which came to be simply because the brand s founder loves steel bikes. Types of steel used for bicycle frames include.
To make it suitable for bicycle frame building steel is usually mixed with traces of other elements to make it both stronger and lighter. The frame is tig welded except for the rear brake bridge which is brazed and the. Serious steel bikes for people who don t take themselves too seriously. Mountain bike frames ritchey mountain bike frames carry a pedigree few if any can rival.
Bicycle fabrication supply keeps in stock inweld tig welding alloys for steel stainless and aluminum. 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. Based in rifle co yamaguchi has been building steel bicycle frames for the better part of the past 40 years. We all know cycling is an evolving sport new alternatives are chosen every year in terms of materials design and technology.
We can help you keep joining tubes with masterweld tig torches replacement parts and consumables needed for bicycle frame. Ibis mojo handmade steel mountain bike frame size 18 5 m l made in usa vrc. Welcome to curtlo cycles building handmade bikes since 1989.