{"id":164603,"date":"2018-05-03T13:04:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T13:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=164603"},"modified":"2018-05-03T13:04:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T13:04:51","slug":"style-comeback-for-the-love-of-lugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/05\/03\/style-comeback-for-the-love-of-lugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Style Comeback: For the Love of Lugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My older brother inherited my father\u2019s lugged-steel racer when he was 15 and just tall enough to touch his toes to the floor from the saddle. I was intensely jealous &#8211; it was a stunningly beautiful machine.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I say \u201cwas\u201d because, at the age of 19, my brother rode it under an articulated lorry and the steel frame was bent beyond repair. Unfortunately, my brother survived without a scratch.<\/p>\n<p>A few years before the accident, to placate my jealousy, my parents bought me a lugged, steel framed Peugeot Racer, minty sky blue with sunset chevrons. And my brother and I quickly set to business racing time-trials around our town\u2019s segregated cycle network.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhsH0pYHMil\/<\/p>\n<p>I was convinced my brother had the advantage because his bike just seemed better made to me. There were a fair amount of lugged joints on my Peugeot, but my father\u2019s bike had more attention to detail. Every beam of steel capitulated with a miniature work of art.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/cc\/1b\/6b\/cc1b6b9a0fe2b57432dab2d342dfde7d.jpg\" alt=\"V\u00c3\u00bdsledek obr\u00c3\u00a1zku\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Much is made of the idea that steel is somehow a \u201cbetter ride\u201d or wiser investment than other frame materials &#8211; more comfortable than carbon and capable of taking a few knocks without having to be discarded. Supposedly a more pliant ride than aluminium, and better for your joints than titanium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7169.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/colnagold-2-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe it is and maybe it isn\u2019t, but one thing\u2019s for certain. The lugged steel frames are a marvel of engineering and have proven to be very rideable even after decades of high mileage. Much of it aggressively competitive, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhDsAVhAU7I\/<\/p>\n<p>Riding a lugged steel frame instantly reconnects the rider with the history of the bicycle\u2026 with Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, and Fausto Coppi. And maybe that\u2019s the appeal that seduces bike lovers into spending their fortunes on lovingly restored classics.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=SJRQ49Mxp8k params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/SJRQ49Mxp8k\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Lugs are enjoying something of renaissance thanks to exciting new manufacturers who have an almost spiritual relationship with the medium they\u2019re working with \u2013 where every component that is machined is required to meet high aesthetic, as well as practical, ideals.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no wonder that the lugged frame has endured, and in a world eager to reduce waste, many environmentally conscious cities are embracing a technology that was forged with passion and designed to last. And that\u2019s why We Love Cycling loves lugs, and always will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My older brother inherited my father\u2019s lugged-steel racer when he was 15 and just tall enough to touch his toes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":164608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[487,583],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-164603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-retro","tag-road-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Style Comeback: For the Love of Lugs - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My older brother inherited my father\u2019s lugged-steel racer when he was 15 and just tall enough to touch his toes to the floor from the saddle. 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