yes plz

shoot, i never even noticed that! it's seeming more and more to me like one of those "urban xxxtreme" bikes that would have been ridden by dudes in orange body glove shirts and full face helmets with fishbone graphics on it in 1989...

hence the reflectors on the spokes... gotta be safe rolling around in the city!

Someone already posted that, hence sparking Jet to post the picture. :D

Yeah, that'd be my guess. Crazy triathalon people. :P

Anyone see the new Trek Madone? It looks pretty sweet:

http://velonews.com/tech/report/articles/12366.0.html

http://velonews.com/images/report/12366.18845.f.jpg

saw that yesterday.. pretty interesting. 1.5" headset, weirdo BB shell, etc. Crazy Trek!

If those wheels were fixed they would look dope on duppy's ride. :)

At the trek store they have some wheels on display that have red spokes. It's lame, but I really like the coloured spokes!

Non standard sizes make repairs fun!

I still haven't visited that place. I should pop in there soon since I'm in that area fairly often. As for ugly red wheel bits: http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=22248

Those wheels make me throw up in my mouth and/or baby jesus cry, I don't care how good they potentially are.

My thoughts exactly.. tools, aftermarket parts, etc.

why would they make it in non-standard sizes? is there some advantage?

He hosted a show called " World's Most Dangerous Jobs" or some such tripe. He did a profile on the L.A.P.D. and at the end of the program says "I would like to send a shout out to the L.A.P.D!...Holy Craptacular Sellout!

bigger = better? :P

Yeah, you get to buy all your parts from Trek. I'm sure they have some argument about stiffer or lighter or hot with the chicks or something though.

That Trek gets a big yawn from me... but did you guys see this thing! :O

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1...widebigok7.jpg


http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=306287

^Rad's an animal.

EDIT: Have you checked out his other builds? They're unbelievable.

Gads...them sure is some fugly wheels.

The Trek doesn't do a whole lot for me, but the Pinarello is nice. Leaves me wondering how much of the sex appeal is the bike and how much is simply the dramatic lighting in the photography. :P

that pinarello is definitely all sex appeal. that thing would look good in one of those point and shoot, in front of the garage door photos.

hauled ass to oakville this afternoon for a long ride. had a headwind the whole way back. :(

He can certainly take a nice photo of his bike. Even the Trek he has looks amazing.

I'm totally getting that leather cover for my bars when I have the cash (and when I have a set of flat bars to swap out for polo!)

Velo-Orange has some nice stuff, and not crazy expensive either.

That's what I was thinking :)

Also, the new bike with the internally geared hub is dead ****ing hot. I've actually been thinking about building up something similar with maybe an IRO Rob Roy or something along those lines.

Awesome, what did you do to it? I hope it wasn't in really rough shape once you got down to the gnitty gritty parts. My mom has been booting around on the replacement Raleigh for that one and loves it. I even took it for a spin, those old 3-speeders are fun!

I'd like to do the same thing, but mine would have a Rohloff :D

It was in decent shape parts wise. I did a LOT of cleaning, scrubbing and polishing. Took it apart down to the last screw and put it together with great care. It's like a new bike now. Only replacement parts I added were 1 spoke, 2 cotters, cables and brake pads. Also, unfortunately I couldn't keep the pedals 'cause they're not serviceable :mad: It's getting a new seat when funds allow :)

I'm not digging the lame rim decals. But looks ok otherwise...

Well, yes, of course, sir. :)

Well, if they are decals then it's an easy fix. :)

the front end above the head tube looks wacky to me the whole thing looks molded, I wouldn;t kick one of my porch though

I've got an old Brooks B5N you can have for it, if you want. It's a little scuffed and the leather is torn near one of the front rivets, but it looks quite servicable....

I thought the T-Mobile team bikes (Giants) used in the Giro were exceptionally hot and really classy.

... just sayin' ...

Oh, and the white Scott Addict was also tits.