Hot r Not (C&V)
01-01-13, 02:16 PM
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I think my bike is "hot" in a ghetto-stealth, third-world sort of way.
You haven't seen my arse, nor do you want to.
Believe it, the saddle is the same length & width of a B17. I don't have the funds for pretentious chairs.
Hot except for the seat, arse porch or what have you ( too big to be classified as a saddle)
Believe it, the saddle is the same length & width of a B17. I don't have the funds for pretentious chairs.
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01-01-13, 02:25 PM
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+1 That Tommasini is smokin'
Thanks for getting this thread going!
Aaron - I've always loved your stealth Litespeed urban assault vehicle.
David - throw a sprung Brooks on there, and I'll go with hot!
Jsigone - hellz yeah.
Giacomo - definitely hot
Thanks for getting this thread going!
Aaron - I've always loved your stealth Litespeed urban assault vehicle.
David - throw a sprung Brooks on there, and I'll go with hot!
Jsigone - hellz yeah.
Giacomo - definitely hot
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01-01-13, 02:40 PM
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01-01-13, 03:13 PM
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01-01-13, 03:18 PM
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That is a modern frame (they still make it) with a nod to classic style. https://www.tommasini.com/eng/steel-frame-tecno.php
01-01-13, 03:30 PM
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'87 Schwinn Prologue with Dura Ace 7700 9 speed & downtube shifters. Shimano R500 wheelset (destickered) with Schwalbe Lugano tires.
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01-01-13, 03:42 PM
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Thanks Grady!
Some of them do
I completely agree. I have NOS polished campy hubs and silver rims siting around for this bike. Once I get my colnago and Grady's tommasini build I will look at lacing them up.
the stem was a gray anodized deda murex that I polished to match the seatpost.
This one is a 1996 ELOS. My dad bought it new, built it with 8spd record, and then upgraded to record 10. I backdated it with alloy components (original shifters and crankset)
Some of them do
the stem was a gray anodized deda murex that I polished to match the seatpost.
This one is a 1996 ELOS. My dad bought it new, built it with 8spd record, and then upgraded to record 10. I backdated it with alloy components (original shifters and crankset)
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01-01-13, 03:54 PM
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Smokin Tomm...
01-01-13, 04:00 PM
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rccardr , the Prologue is hot ! Great job , your builds are always very well done.
01-01-13, 04:07 PM
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What do those guys in the road forum know anyway? If the TT isn't slanted, and if there isn't 3 ft. of seat post showing, and the wheels look like they belong on a mtb instead of a road bike, and it isn't painted loud like a NASCAR, then to those suckers on the road forum, it isn't hot.
But to a C&V fan that knows what a proper bike should look like - it's is smokin hot!
The red and white Schwinn - hot!
But to a C&V fan that knows what a proper bike should look like - it's is smokin hot!
The red and white Schwinn - hot!
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01-01-13, 04:15 PM
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What do those guys in the road forum know anyway? If the TT isn't slanted, and if there isn't 3 ft. of seat post showing, and the wheels look like they belong on a mtb instead of a road bike, and it isn't painted loud like a NASCAR, then to those suckers on the road forum, it isn't hot.
But to a C&V fan that knows what a proper bike should look like - it's is smokin hot!
The red and white Schwinn - hot!
But to a C&V fan that knows what a proper bike should look like - it's is smokin hot!
The red and white Schwinn - hot!
01-01-13, 04:37 PM
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That is as hot as it gets...scorching hot. The blue, the campy...the chrome. It makes me feel funny.
Thanks Canyon, I like her too - ugly and all.
This would be hot in a bed, on the beach, in a movie theater, in a club...anywhere.
Thanks Canyon, I like her too - ugly and all.
This would be hot in a bed, on the beach, in a movie theater, in a club...anywhere.
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01-01-13, 04:39 PM
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Sun CR18 rims look very old-school and perform very well. Nice price, too.
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01-01-13, 04:48 PM
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Voting not hot...I find almost everything about this bike ugly - I don't like the garish paint, straight forks look especially weird in chrome, not into the modern wheels or the stem...and I especially don't like the black hoods with white tape. I'm sure it rides well, but I don't enjoy looking at it at all.
01-01-13, 04:53 PM
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