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#826
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Not. Please address the following:
-Bike is dirty
-Crosschained
-Those pedals cannot be unseen
-Unless your saddlebag contains a litter of puppies, it is inexcusably large
-Your cable housing and hoses are too long on the front end
-It appears you still have a pie plate (spoke protector on the cassette)...it is broken and off-center.
-Your wheels still have OEM reflectors
-Your wheel magnet is massive and not opposite of the valve stem as a counter-balance
-How are you supposed to use the drops with that mirror placement?
-Bike is dirty
-Crosschained
-Those pedals cannot be unseen
-Unless your saddlebag contains a litter of puppies, it is inexcusably large
-Your cable housing and hoses are too long on the front end
-It appears you still have a pie plate (spoke protector on the cassette)...it is broken and off-center.
-Your wheels still have OEM reflectors
-Your wheel magnet is massive and not opposite of the valve stem as a counter-balance
-How are you supposed to use the drops with that mirror placement?
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#827
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In other words, there's no "round" spot on the handlebars facing the wind. Only aero shapes. Most of your EC90 or Zipps have the round part of the clamp area. This clamps top top to bottom, not front/back.
Like this:
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#828
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Bike IS filthy. It was the last ride of the year and the roads were lousy.
Changing mirrors this spring, it sucks.
Reflectors got to go! Agreed.
I like platform pedals, I need to buy something smaller, agreed.
I like the bag, I put keys, wallet and cellphone in it.
Can't really address the cables, it's the way it was setup by the LBS.
I think you're seeing a bolt for the dock and not the wheel magnet. It's pretty small.
Changing mirrors this spring, it sucks.
Reflectors got to go! Agreed.
I like platform pedals, I need to buy something smaller, agreed.
I like the bag, I put keys, wallet and cellphone in it.
Can't really address the cables, it's the way it was setup by the LBS.
I think you're seeing a bolt for the dock and not the wheel magnet. It's pretty small.
#830
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Not. Please address the following:
-Bike is dirty
-Crosschained
-Those pedals cannot be unseen
-Unless your saddlebag contains a litter of puppies, it is inexcusably large
-Your cable housing and hoses are too long on the front end
-It appears you still have a pie plate (spoke protector on the cassette)...it is broken and off-center.
-Your wheels still have OEM reflectors
-Your wheel magnet is massive and not opposite of the valve stem as a counter-balance
-How are you supposed to use the drops with that mirror placement?
-Bike is dirty
-Crosschained
-Those pedals cannot be unseen
-Unless your saddlebag contains a litter of puppies, it is inexcusably large
-Your cable housing and hoses are too long on the front end
-It appears you still have a pie plate (spoke protector on the cassette)...it is broken and off-center.
-Your wheels still have OEM reflectors
-Your wheel magnet is massive and not opposite of the valve stem as a counter-balance
-How are you supposed to use the drops with that mirror placement?
Stage the bike, remove the "stuff", and take another pic.
Stage the bike.
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#833
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Uh? A hub based speed sensor on the rear wheel is hidden nicely and costs about the same. I've no idea why people use this fidgety magnet and strap business.
Also, the computer on the bike is "good enough" for most uses.
I only use my wheel based speed sensor if doing really really nerdy time trial data gathering stuff needing the instantaneous accuracy of a sensor instead of GPS.
I've no idea why the magnet thing is still a thing.
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Uh? A hub based speed sensor on the rear wheel is hidden nicely and costs about the same. I've no idea why people use this fidgety magnet and strap business.
Also, the computer on the bike is "good enough" for most uses.
I only use my wheel based speed sensor if doing really really nerdy time trial data gathering stuff needing the instantaneous accuracy of a sensor instead of GPS.
I've no idea why the magnet thing is still a thing.
Also, the computer on the bike is "good enough" for most uses.
I only use my wheel based speed sensor if doing really really nerdy time trial data gathering stuff needing the instantaneous accuracy of a sensor instead of GPS.
I've no idea why the magnet thing is still a thing.
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Yeah, not a fan of those bars and the loose front brake hose bugs me, but definitely hot.
What cages and how are they?
What cages and how are they?
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The 130mm stem allows me to get low and aero. It's taken a while to get comfortable in this position, but the gains are worth it. (me on my MadOne)
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Cypress,
Your Giant is hot.
Your Giant is hot.
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Haven't used those actual bars myself, but I have three of the Toseek copies, and the shape is absolutely fantastic (although I trimmed about 40mm off the drops). The tops drop slightly so the centre at the start of the shoulders is about level with the bottom of the bar in the clamp, offering you a tad more drop.
The original Aeronova is a pretty high end bar, I'd say at least on par with EC90.
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