![]() So what do you think? Is this a trend we are going to see a lot of? Are we going to start seeing more “mass produced” lugged steel frames from big companies? Along the same lines, I mentioned Renaissance Bicycles last week, a company that updates classic lugged steel frames with modern components. There are many other examples that I could list, but you get the idea. Also, the new generation Masi Gran Criteriums have the same graphics as the old Gran Crits from the 1970’s. Some of the new road bikes from Raleigh have a retro feel as well. Cyclelicious posted about the 2009 Bianchi Vigorelli not long ago. Most of them are not taking the retro design idea this far, but there do seem to be a lot of steel road bikes, many with small diameter frame tubes, which have classic graphic schemes and paint jobs. It seems like a lot of fairly large bike companies are offering steel road bikes that are at least inspired by classic bikes of the 70’s and 80’s. ![]() ![]() The person who posted on the listserve asked a good question: “Will this be a new trend?” A couple of people forwarded this to me after seeing it on the Classic Rendezvous listserve. With its lugged steel frame, downtube shifters, threaded headset and quill stem, it looks like a 15 or 20 year old road bike, right? Actually it is a brand new 2009 model bike from Fuji (see a better picture here).
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