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Ok, here's showing off my latest build, a 1980 Stan Pike TT built with 531sl.
Quite simply, I bought this frame because I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.
To my eyes, this is the most exquisitely finished steel frame I have seen this side of something made by Cinelli/Colnago etc. It has almost track-like geometry with very tight clearances, as was the vogue for TT frames at that time. Consequently, it always accelerates like you've got the wind behind you and it is very responsive..
There isn't a lot of info online about our man Stan Pike, other that he is regarded as one of the finest builders of steel frames Britain has ever produced and that many top riders of the day used his frames. I've read that Stan silver brazed his best frames and this one is stamped "silver brazed" on the bottom bracket shell.
So, I was captured by it's beauty and was therefore obliged to kit it out with some equally nice period components. You may notice that the decals are not original, the reason being that I felt it would look good with some contemporary graphics to enhance the aesthetic quality of the rest of the bike. The type face is original but the execution is not and I'd be interested to know what you think. And yes, that is a Chorus seatpost you can see and that will be replaced with a Record post at some point in the future.
This is my favourite bike and here it is...
Quite simply, I bought this frame because I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.
To my eyes, this is the most exquisitely finished steel frame I have seen this side of something made by Cinelli/Colnago etc. It has almost track-like geometry with very tight clearances, as was the vogue for TT frames at that time. Consequently, it always accelerates like you've got the wind behind you and it is very responsive..
There isn't a lot of info online about our man Stan Pike, other that he is regarded as one of the finest builders of steel frames Britain has ever produced and that many top riders of the day used his frames. I've read that Stan silver brazed his best frames and this one is stamped "silver brazed" on the bottom bracket shell.
So, I was captured by it's beauty and was therefore obliged to kit it out with some equally nice period components. You may notice that the decals are not original, the reason being that I felt it would look good with some contemporary graphics to enhance the aesthetic quality of the rest of the bike. The type face is original but the execution is not and I'd be interested to know what you think. And yes, that is a Chorus seatpost you can see and that will be replaced with a Record post at some point in the future.
This is my favourite bike and here it is...