Hot r Not
12-27-13, 09:51 PM
Ghost Ryding 24/7
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) but I love to the Venges.
12-28-13, 07:57 AM
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If the carpet matched the curtains it'd be much better
12-28-13, 07:37 PM
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12-28-13, 08:23 PM
I'm doing it wrong.
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12-28-13, 09:11 PM
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Here are my girls
2009 Specialized Allez
1990 Fuso Lux
2009 Specialized Allez
1990 Fuso Lux
12-29-13, 12:36 AM
Ghost Ryding 24/7
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12-29-13, 01:00 AM
Con forza e velocità
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I know, I apologized afterwards. 
It's just so easy to throw it up there while in the big ring with Di2. When you don't feel the tension like you do with mech, it just becomes another gear...that's my one gripe with di2, is how you lose that connection to listen to what the bike is telling you. I know, 1st world problems.
It's just so easy to throw it up there while in the big ring with Di2. When you don't feel the tension like you do with mech, it just becomes another gear...that's my one gripe with di2, is how you lose that connection to listen to what the bike is telling you. I know, 1st world problems.
12-29-13, 06:24 AM
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HOT!
I'm also running the Zipp version of that bar and love it; although, it IS a bit meaty when riding with the hands on top. Haven't decided if I feel I have a reliable grip or not (my riding gloves are XL so it ain't like I have dainty hands).
I'm also running the Zipp version of that bar and love it; although, it IS a bit meaty when riding with the hands on top. Haven't decided if I feel I have a reliable grip or not (my riding gloves are XL so it ain't like I have dainty hands).
12-29-13, 01:01 PM
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That is really a badass looking rig but I wonder whether those bars would brush up against the front of your quads when you are out of the saddle climbing with your hand on the hoods?
12-29-13, 01:03 PM
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12-29-13, 01:10 PM
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I know, I apologized afterwards. It's just so easy to throw it up there while in the big ring with Di2. When you don't feel the tension like you do with mech, it just becomes another gear...that's my one gripe with di2, is how you lose that connection to listen to what the bike is telling you. I know, 1st world problems.
It's just so easy to throw it up there while in the big ring with Di2. When you don't feel the tension like you do with mech, it just becomes another gear...that's my one gripe with di2, is how you lose that connection to listen to what the bike is telling you. I know, 1st world problems.Jealousy... That's all I have to say...
12-29-13, 04:40 PM
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12-29-13, 06:25 PM
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12-29-13, 07:21 PM
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do cheesy instagram photos qualify ITT? if not I can take some with my actual camera. 
12-29-13, 07:43 PM
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In this case, photos of your riding in the drops are necessary before a hot or not verdict can be issued:-)
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12-29-13, 09:58 PM
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12-29-13, 10:10 PM
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12-29-13, 10:36 PM
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frame/fork/headset: '08 Al Fuji team frame/ ENVE 2.0 / Cane Creek Is-2
stem and bars: 3T arx team/ Rotundo pros
bottle cages: Far & Near
drivetrain: 10 speed SRAM Red
cable housing: Alligator i-links
pedals: Look Keo 2 Max Carbon w/ Ward Ti spindles
saddle/post: Selle Italia SLR TT / Omni
brakes: planet-x CNC
wheels: custom self-built Kinlin30/BHS hubs/CX-Rays
tires/tubes: Schwalbe Ultremo ZX HD/ Continental Supersonics
If I clean all the dirt off it once in a while it's about 14.9 lbs 
stem and bars: 3T arx team/ Rotundo pros
bottle cages: Far & Near
drivetrain: 10 speed SRAM Red
cable housing: Alligator i-links
pedals: Look Keo 2 Max Carbon w/ Ward Ti spindles
saddle/post: Selle Italia SLR TT / Omni
brakes: planet-x CNC
wheels: custom self-built Kinlin30/BHS hubs/CX-Rays
tires/tubes: Schwalbe Ultremo ZX HD/ Continental Supersonics
If I clean all the dirt off it once in a while it's about 14.9 lbs
12-29-13, 11:22 PM
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frame/fork/headset: '08 Al Fuji team frame/ ENVE 2.0 / Cane Creek Is-2
stem and bars: 3T arx team/ Rotundo pros
bottle cages: Far & Near
drivetrain: 10 speed SRAM Red
cable housing: Alligator i-links
pedals: Look Keo 2 Max Carbon w/ Ward Ti spindles
saddle/post: Selle Italia SLR TT / Omni
brakes: planet-x CNC
wheels: custom self-built Kinlin30/BHS hubs/CX-Rays
tires/tubes: Schwalbe Ultremo ZX HD/ Continental Supersonics
If I clean all the dirt off it once in a while it's about 14.9 lbs
stem and bars: 3T arx team/ Rotundo pros
bottle cages: Far & Near
drivetrain: 10 speed SRAM Red
cable housing: Alligator i-links
pedals: Look Keo 2 Max Carbon w/ Ward Ti spindles
saddle/post: Selle Italia SLR TT / Omni
brakes: planet-x CNC
wheels: custom self-built Kinlin30/BHS hubs/CX-Rays
tires/tubes: Schwalbe Ultremo ZX HD/ Continental Supersonics
If I clean all the dirt off it once in a while it's about 14.9 lbs
12-30-13, 05:56 AM
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And it's too small
12-30-13, 11:39 AM
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either your anatomy allows you to push our your hips like a transformer so your arms can go down to the drops, or you knee yourself in the face with every stroke
12-30-13, 11:53 AM
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12-30-13, 11:59 AM
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12-30-13, 12:03 PM
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At the end of the day harun is winning races so I'll assume he has an idea of what he is doing. It woukd be different if he was some newbie who just started riding. Not a set up I can do or would want but its not my bike.