Welcome to the jungle. :twitchy:

Hahaha. Fair enough ;)

Thanks braddah, I was too. A bit like "WTF?!?!?" But it's all good.

I'll try different tilts for it, but on the first ride it felt much better than my my Specialized. So at least I have that going so far. That weird beak on the front put me off, but it is really comfortable on the aerobars. I know they dont belong on a road bike, but I can pound out 50km comfortably. I kinda don't get why people dont like them on road bikes, but I dont really care about that as long as I am comfortable and they work for me.

As for the water bottle cages, I dont like the Star Trek looking plastic or carbon ones so that leaves me with the really cheap aluminum ones. And THAT would draw even more gawks hahaha. So, I keep putting it off because my route (actually, anywhere in Japan) has quite a few vending machines that pretty much negates the need for them. I can just pull off the path and get a drink for $1. With a black and silver bike, there isn't much color options for me so a cheap, black $5 aluminum holder might find its way on the bike even if I am going to hate it. I just cant see spending $50-$70 on a titanium one that I saw in a shop here. Its nice, but dang!

I guess that was my initiation? :thumb:

Uhhh, no.

a flatter tilt wilt put your weight back onto your sit bones, and take pressure off your junk(and reduce the weight on your hands).

Velo Orange makes some nice stainless cages https://velo-orange.com/collections/...ess-steel-cage

Performance also has one Forté Strada Lite Stainless Road Cage - Performance Bike

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4542/...36aa8e6b_b.jpg

Why not? That bike fit me, so from a technical starting point it isn't gong to be too far off.

Thanks braddah. I will definitely tilt it back to start with and give it a ride.
I will check those links and see if I can come up with something that doesn't doesn't seem obtrusive or stand out too much. I went overboard with my Specialized and gonna try and keep it toned down with this one.
Edit: Stainless is good

I thought for sure you were going to say you didn't need cages because your camelbak held enough liquid...

Because it's not hot. :foo:

you may have to adjust the saddle height a little, but a flatter saddle is a good starting point. Look at some photos of that saddle on other bikes. You won't find many pointing down like yours.

this is a good example

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4528/...e63cf6f5_b.jpg

I thought so too

I think if you lower your saddle slightly and nudge it forward a bit you'll be able to level it just fine and your fit will improve.

As to the handlebars...

The levers are a little low on the bars, and the bars are rotated up to compensate for this. Changing this will bring the drops back into a more useful position.

Maybe this will finally get this thread locked and someone will start a new one with rules clearly posted at the beginning so people will read them and quit posting "comfortable" bikes. Maybe even a warning in the title. Warning: your feelings will likely be hurt!

Do you mean something like this?

Huh what? You ask people to rate your aesthetic appeal, you find out you have no aesthetic appeal, so obviously aesthetic appeal must be a racist thing?

Srsly?

https://tjthesportsgeek.files.wordpr...5/12/srsly.jpg

"We're going to yell at you."

Not.

Exactly!
That's what I mean by starting fresh. I've been through every page in this thread and know the rules (which is why my bike is not shown here!) I don't think that very many people who have posted, in about the last 6 months, have read the 1st page. The not hot and butt hurt posters far out weigh the actual (IMO) hot bikes posted over the last 6 months.

What racist response. You have some serious issues.

Heh. For S&G's I went back and looked at the early pages of this thread, which was started in '08. So interesting to see how the look of bikes has changed over the years. Unfortunately, so many photos are being held hostage Photobucket.

I take it you hadn't read the first 1,022 pages of this thread before you posted. It's sorta what happens, why it's fun to visit here.
I have a nice comfy laid back Ti bike also, wouldn't think of posting in here because it ain't hot by the Hot r Not standards. No use fighting it.

Hurts my eyes to look at this mess of a set up. Only good things are that it has Campy on a Ti frame. Saddle set up has a limp look to it for sure. Seat post is fugly. Aero bars on a non Tri bike went out of style about 18 years ago...

What I don't get is the amount of posters that go 'just got a new bike, still dialing in my fit lol' along with a poorly lit photo from a strange angle. Taking a decent photo of a bike is not rocket science, nor does a bike require a totally slammed setup to be hot (although it never hurts). This is the Hot r Not thread, not a please give me sympathy for my poor setup and terrible photo thread.