JoeyC68

Hot = 9! I like those Zipps. Question: what kind of cranks are you running?

VA_Esquire

I have to say meh....not really HOT nor NOT.....

Midget bikes with huge slopping tubes like that remind me of a kids bike. Also reminds me of a doctor/lawyer bike.


I think they are Lightning Cranks, but idk. Solo definitely has a 9/9.5 bike. All I would change about it is some deeper wheels, and delete the red.

Soloist Assassin

Thanks. Here is a hint:

c0lnago

Looks like a Lightning crank.

Soloist Assassin

I am pretty sure he is Asian. Be nice. I personally like the smaller size S5s a lot better than the bigger ones. It needs a 606 wheelset, and it would be sweet.

VA_Esquire

Yeah, the larger S5s look (if possible) uglier.


*hurl*

JoeyC68

Very Hot = 9.5. Best bike in a while. That rig looks like it's made to ride fast and gap a pack of riders. I like the red and blue stripping, and the Fizik saddle goes well with the scheme. The Fizik bar tape shows good attention to detail (imo).

JoeyC68

Ahhhhhhhh........

tomng1989

Well, I'm sorry that my genes have enslaved me to ride a kids bike. Then again, I think I would be considered a kid around here (not hard to figure out how old I am by my username).

rat fink

Hot, 8.0.

Hot, 7.5. Could be 8.5, but the November logo ruins it.

Hot, 7.25. 0.25 point reduction for non regulation photo.

Hot, 6.0. To score any higher, there would have to be fewer spacers. Also, I agree with the other poster that the red headset looks a little out of place.

JoeyC68

Don't knock the "Dr. or lawyer" bikes as you call them. People who are willing to pay big dollars for a bike allow me to get what I need. Sort of like trickle down bike economics. :-)

VA_Esquire

1989 years old?

WHOOOSSHHH...

9.5 I'd like to see a carbon stem and cleaner concrete. Other than that a really NICE bike!!

Soloist Assassin

Thanks!

So you don't like the newer pic with the Lightning removed, and the Beyond Black wheel decals? As for the stem, I just special ordered this:


to complement this:

Sorry the stem isn't carbon, but carbon stems worry me a bit.

echotraveler

HOT!

Ive used this as an example before, solist plz post a pic with the new bars

Soloist Assassin

I have tomorrow off. I'll take a pic then. I leave for work when the sun is just coming up, and when I come home it is dark out. I need a new job so I can ride in the winter more.

ravenmore

For me there are very few bikes in this thread above a 9, and a 10 is pretty much unobtainable. I'd give SA's Cervelo a solid 8-8.5 though.

Herbie53

I thought you were a stickler for the photo rules.

The valve stems are not properly positioned.

UCIMBZ

Exactly when did we start the point system?

ravenmore

I suggested it a couple pages back. I didn't think it would stick but it seems to be making a little headway.

VA_Esquire

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surgeonstone

8.3 worth of hot. Red tape and red seat or black tape with black seat would push it to 9.6

VA_Esquire

Nah, the red tape and seat would be too much. I think due to the frame being two coloured like this, looks better with a black saddle and white bar tape.

Like any modern bike, it needs deeper wheels!

surgeonstone

Red bar and tape, agreed, with that with the wheels would be too much. Black and black would be preferable, imh though always right o , to the mix.

rat fink

For me, that Look would have a hard time getting any better. It's a 9.0 for aesthetics.