I prefer steel bikes. Sure, aluminum and carbon fibre is lighter and a bit stiffer. But you can’t beat the smooth ride and clean lines (not too mention the old-school appeal) of a CroMo frame.
So, I was pretty excited to see that Specialized is issuing a steel version of their popular fixed/singlespeed Langster. This bike has been aluminum for a long time, so it’s nice to see it get back to thin tubes. And it looks pretty nice, too:
There’s an all-white version as well, for those adverse to candy-apple red. It appears from this photo (snagged from a dealer’s catalog) that the steel Langster will be available as a frameset only. But that’s OK…custom builds are why you buy a steel SS in the first place, right?
May 25th, 2009 by graeme |
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