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Old 08-22-13, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Ice41000
Handlebar too tall, long head tube, thin seatstays clash with chunky rear derailleur, front end of the bike seems oversized compared to anemic rear...
I don't know. It just does not work for me.
What you mean is "I don't like Cervelo"...that's okay, I don't either, generally...but this R5 is as good as one of them can get IMHO
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I think that older cannondale is smoking hot. The torelli (my phone autocorrected to "tortellini") would be with traditional bars and a race saddle.
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Originally Posted by SpeshulEd
Not my bike, but worthy of this thread:


Also, tons more photos of various cranks with praxis rings on their fb page:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3018918&type=3
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Old 08-22-13, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by gc3
What you mean is "I don't like Cervelo"...that's okay, I don't either, generally...but this R5 is as good as one of them can get IMHO
Well said.

Even though I dont like cervelo's, soloist assassins Cervelo still is one of the hottest bikes I have ever seen.
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Old 08-22-13, 06:59 PM
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2013 Raleigh Revenio 1.0, i am getting back into road biking.
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Old 08-22-13, 07:01 PM
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Not....at all
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Old 08-22-13, 07:46 PM
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Goofy seat, cheap components and wheels, ***** stem, and triple crank
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Old 08-22-13, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by alexaschwanden
Why Not?

can you Look at that bike and HONESTLY tell me it is SIZZLING? It may be a nice bike for you but when you look at it, do you really, I mean deep down REALLY think that bike looks hot???

This is why it is not hot to me.
1-It just doesn't look aggressive.
2-saddle is nearly lower than your bars
3-Triple crank is rarely hot, yours is not the rare case.
4-The geometry of that frame just looks....ehhh boring.
5-components look cheap
6-mismatched cages
7-computer on stem doesn't look good. With all the garmins and "cooler" looking options with out in front bar mounts, computers on stems just look out of date.
8-stack of spacers

overall, the bike just looks boring. There is nothing flashy about it.
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Old 08-22-13, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by alexaschwanden
Why Not?
As I so quickly learned a couple hundred pages ago, the HrN thread is no place for a bone stock bike.
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Old 08-22-13, 09:38 PM
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Old 08-22-13, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by bianchi10
can you Look at that bike and HONESTLY tell me it is SIZZLING? It may be a nice bike for you but when you look at it, do you really, I mean deep down REALLY think that bike looks hot???

This is why it is not hot to me.
1-It just doesn't look aggressive.
2-saddle is nearly lower than your bars
3-Triple crank is rarely hot, yours is not the rare case.
4-The geometry of that frame just looks....ehhh boring.
5-components look cheap
6-mismatched cages
7-computer on stem doesn't look good. With all the garmins and "cooler" looking options with out in front bar mounts, computers on stems just look out of date.
8-stack of spacers

overall, the bike just looks boring. There is nothing flashy about it.
You forgot to mention the lazy shifter cable....
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Old 08-22-13, 10:41 PM
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good call!
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Old 08-23-13, 04:57 AM
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Originally Posted by gc3
You forgot to mention the lazy shifter cable....
The one that looks "floating" between the brake lever and bar drop? Those are either Sora or 2300 brifters with the cables coming out the sides instead of running under the bar tape. I never cared for the look much myself.
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Old 08-23-13, 06:16 AM
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cabling that runs outside the bar tape always looks bad to me.
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Old 08-23-13, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by bmcphx
cabling that runs outside the bar tape always looks bad to me.
It looks hot (or cool if you like) on vintage bikes, though.
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Old 08-23-13, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by bmcphx
cheap components
that being said there are plenty of low cost bikes and older bikes on this thread that are plenty hot. And i'm not even talking about that lame azzz budget hot or not thread. that thread sucks
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Old 08-23-13, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by AdelaaR
It looks hot (or cool if you like) on vintage bikes, though.
yep...with the right "loop" being run...
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Old 08-23-13, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by alexaschwanden
2013 Raleigh Revenio 1.0, i am getting back into road biking.

Double not.
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Originally Posted by bmcphx
cabling that runs outside the bar tape always looks bad to me.
Precisely why I can't stand 2300 and Sora brifters. I think the new 10sp Tiagra brifters have the cables running under the bar tape.
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Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94
Precisely why I can't stand 2300 and Sora brifters.

the only thing worse than Sora is when people say "brifters".
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brifters brifters brifters!!!!
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Originally Posted by PatrickGSR94
brifters brifters brifters!!!!
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Originally Posted by gc3
You forgot to mention the lazy shifter cable....
I can't believe everyone missed the spoke protector too. Sheesh.
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I like the word "brifters".
It's a fine example of the way language evolves.
The old brakes have evolved into brifters.
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