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tjspiel 08-27-13 12:38 PM
Originally Posted by groovestew (Post 16004295)
Is there a drought where you live?
Was kind of wondering the same thing but I think the greenness is just a few weeks away in the first pick.

Given my fondness for Partridge Family bus style primary colors I found it really hard to judge both this bike and Wisaunder's due to their almost complete lack of them. Not saying they can't be Hot, just feeling like I should probably recuse myself.

Andy_K 08-27-13 01:07 PM
Originally Posted by tigerteeuwen (Post 16000900)
I'm know going minimalist is a trend these days, but I think no pedals and no brake cables is a bit extreme. ;)

Seriously though, the new paint is a huge improvement. I'll assume for the moment that your winter use justifies the knobby tires. Even so, I think I'd need to see it in the snow to call it hot.

Andy_K 08-27-13 01:12 PM
Originally Posted by wisaunders (Post 16003704)
Here's my 2012 Carve Expert. I stopped riding my road bike to work so that I could get more miles in the saddle on this bike in preparation for bikepacking trips. Bottles are on the fork, since they will need to be there when the full frame bag is on for bikepacking and I want to get used to reaching for them there. Tires are WTB Nanos so I can take the dirt roads on the Trinity River levees back on days that I have more time.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=337164
It's kind of a shame to see a bike that is actually capable of doing mountain bikey things relegated to commuter/adventure touring duty. Normally I'm against suspension forks on commuters, but this frame screams "I used to have a suspension fork!"

Not.

tjspiel 08-27-13 01:12 PM
Originally Posted by Andy_K (Post 16004486)
I'm know going minimalist is a trend these days, but I think no pedals and no brake cables is a bit extreme. ;)

Seriously though, the new paint is a huge improvement. I'll assume for the moment that your winter use justifies the knobby tires. Even so, I think I'd need to see it in the snow to call it hot.
Dude, if you decide to go sans pedals having brake cables makes no sense at all.

Andy_K 08-27-13 01:13 PM
Originally Posted by tjspiel (Post 16003543)
You could put somebody's eye out with those things.

I'm not a fan of sailboats, so I've got to rate these "meh."

Andy_K 08-27-13 01:19 PM
Originally Posted by DVC45 (Post 16003880)
I like it better without the trekking bars, but this pic gives the illusion that the rear wheel is bigger than the front. (It isn't, right?)

The frame/stem bag, the bulky down tube, the chain guard and the platform pedals all conspire to make it a "not" but it has potential.

tjspiel 08-27-13 01:19 PM
Originally Posted by Andy_K (Post 16004508)
You could put somebody's eye out with those things.
I appreciate the way you don't mince words and cut right to the chase, - when you're talking about other people's pics.

groovestew 08-27-13 01:28 PM
Originally Posted by Andy_K (Post 16004508)
You could put somebody's eye out with those things.

I'm not a fan of sailboats, so I've got to rate these "meh."
Oooohh, those are sailboats! I thought TJ was a member of the "4444" club.

the sci guy 08-27-13 01:41 PM
Originally Posted by wisaunders (Post 16003704)
Here's my 2012 Carve Expert. I stopped riding my road bike to work so that I could get more miles in the saddle on this bike in preparation for bikepacking trips. Bottles are on the fork, since they will need to be there when the full frame bag is on for bikepacking and I want to get used to reaching for them there. Tires are WTB Nanos so I can take the dirt roads on the Trinity River levees back on days that I have more time.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=337164
Not for me. I dislike compact frames with the sloping top tube. The wedge bag is blah for me. But I see the utility of the setup.

Not. Trekking bars are ugly IMO. I dont understand them at all. Top tube bag got to go. Again with the sloping top tube and it makes the second bottle barely fit and look cramped. Points for the color scheme and the color coordinating fenders though.

DVC45 08-27-13 05:58 PM
Originally Posted by groovestew (Post 16004295)
Is there a drought where you live?
I'm in Chicago.
Pics where taken last winter. First pic taken on a sunny day, second pic taken when it was about to snow.

Function over form all the way for me.

Medic Zero 08-27-13 08:10 PM
http://www.bikeforums.net/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by acidfast7 http://www.bikeforums.net/images/but...post-right.png
if I see another Surly/Salsa/Kona, I'll vomit.

Originally Posted by Brennan (Post 15998692)

Bonus points for making Acidfast vomit! :lol:

Nice looking bike! Are those Jones H-bars? How do you like them?

Hot.

Medic Zero 08-27-13 08:13 PM
Originally Posted by tigerteeuwen (Post 16000900)
Nicely done! Definitely hot! Are you commuting on knobbies?

Medic Zero 08-28-13 12:43 AM
http://imageshack.us/a/img841/8639/t91s.jpg


















Okay! Not mine, and I have no idea if it is commuted on. I stumbled across it in another thread, and just had to share!

Hot? :lol:

PatrickGSR94 08-28-13 08:20 AM
more like, Horrid.

mikhalit 08-28-13 09:26 AM

Okay! Not mine, and I have no idea if it is commuted on. I stumbled across it in another thread, and just had to share!

Hot? :lol:
I like it, if nothing else it's pretty original.
I'd strap a tent to the top tube and ride it to the next camping site, pretending to be on a trip.

Mr. Hairy Legs 08-28-13 07:55 PM
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps85e05ac9.jpg

Fizzaly 08-28-13 10:05 PM
Well...?
http://i.imgur.com/FhXvmeU.jpg


Or the beginning of this drop bar MTB?

http://i.imgur.com/HKw5CKE.jpg

ThermionicScott 08-28-13 10:26 PM
I do like me some drop-bar MTBs. Those red fenders are classic. :thumb:

Mr. Hairy Legs 08-28-13 10:45 PM
Originally Posted by Fizzaly (Post 16009608)
Not. The red fenders make it look like a kid's toy, and a triple crank is never hot on a road style bike. Also, the bars are rotated too far down.

Originally Posted by Fizzaly (Post 16009608)
Or the beginning of this drop bar MTB?

http://i.imgur.com/HKw5CKE.jpg
I see definite hot potential here. A nice bar taping and some sort of clever sticker job (Hummer logo?) would do it for me.

Fizzaly 08-28-13 11:00 PM
[QUOTE=Mr. Hairy Legs;16009688]Not. The red fenders make it look like a kid's toy, and a triple crank is never hot on a road style bike. Also, the bars are rotated too far down.



Not the first time somebody has mentioned the bars, I've tried so many times riding with rotated up and just isn't comfy for me, I haven't been too fond of the fenders since I painted them I wanna get some stainless ones. Thanks for critique :)

Erick L 08-29-13 12:18 AM
http://www.borealphoto.com/img/s9/v97/p1783634897-4.jpg

http://www.borealphoto.com/img/s8/v83/p1538501888-4.jpg

Simpletommy 08-29-13 07:20 AM
Originally Posted by Erick L (Post 16009790)
I dig it!

Originally Posted by Erick L (Post 16009790)
This would be so much better if the stem were much, much shorter.

I like the locations!

Simpletommy 08-29-13 07:24 AM
1 Attachment(s)
Let's try this again. Same bike, different location than last time...and better light...not much better, but better...
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=337488

groovestew 08-29-13 08:29 AM
Originally Posted by Fizzaly (Post 16009608)
I like it! Fizzaly's a guy who puts a lot of passion into his bikes, and it shows. But what is that thing connecting the fork and the downtube?

groovestew 08-29-13 08:33 AM
Originally Posted by Erick L (Post 16009790)
Gotta love the Canadian National Park's dysentery green and yellow colour scheme. Nice photo.


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