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Old 04-15-19, 12:39 AM
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^^^ And the fact that it looks nice! Haha.

Actually, amusingly the recent trend of aero bikes has an integrated stem that can either lie close to flush with the TT in extreme situations or can have a number of stem-matching aero spacers (up to 7cm or so!). Guess what shape that stem-and-spacer combo makes??? A seven! Nothing is new, and the new '7' looks considerably worse. Proportions proportions proportions!

Current generation Giant Propel. Yikes. [and yes, I've seen a Propel Advanced Disc in orange/black in person and there is a lot to like looks wise, but that stem better be super low with no spacers otherwise, it still looks bad in real life...]

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