The BMC needs less red, not more.

The frame is subtle but beautiful in its own right and garish red parts easily overpower it. Some nice matte black tape will be fine and help the frame to stand out.

Lose the white cages for the same reason. Matte black or grey will be fine.

Get the light off the bar and put it under an out-front mount.

Put the chain on the big front ring and middle sprocket in the rear when you photograph the bike. The derailleur is all folded up with it crosschained small/small. It is Dura Ace for crying out loud - let it show.


-Tim-

Trying this again (media fail)...

Scott Foil; 6800 mech, SRM, C'dale Hollowgram wheels; requisite garage door pic:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/media/car-c...l?d=1515104939

I agree that it needs less red, but disagree about the cages - I think the white looks fine. Not keen on the shape, though.
I'm all for colored tape when it works, but it's not helping here. I like white, and it might look OK here, but black is definitely the safer bet. What might be interesting would be a something like oxblood. I think Brooks made cordovan leather tape, but it's probably hard to come by and you probably want something less vintage-y for this.

Cordovan? :foo:

That is the idea, it's just to be funny. They also are my emergency light when I'm riding home from work in the dark. It certainly gets people's attention.
Thanks for giving me some direction to work in!

This is a great point and should be standard operating procedure for Hot r Not.

Fuego!

Build finished until winter is over and I can get it on the road. Have at it...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4739/...551d55a9_c.jpg

Nice. But I'm not into that color scheme or gummies :p

It's not all that "not," but that geometry, that color scheme.... Looks very... ummm... special.

HOT.. Not feeling the saddle though. Too modern, clashes with the quill stem, would be A+ with a vintage flite saddle and a little angle on the levers. ALSO, hate the bartape because you can see the unfinished edges, SO many better tape options these days.

Hot. The only thing I would entertain the idea of changing would be to swap out the silver headset bits, and derailleur cable stops with black, but that's it.

:thumb:

I'm just here to keep the train of image quotes going. Nothing better than having to scroll through multiple copies of the same image one after the other. At least this one is not actually 5312 x 2988 pixels I guess.

Oh, and it's a hot bike.

That flouro Serotta is very hot. Nicely done.

I did a little upgrading today
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I like it, not sure of the degree of hotness but definitely in the hot zone.
Did you change the stem? If so, why?

Is that stem a 140mm? 150?

Saddle bag, not hot. Frame pump, not hot. Dust pan, not hot. Other than those things, and the red on the saddle rails, not too bad.

This is a tough crowd ;-) Remember guys:
- Clean it
- Shoot the drive-side
- Drive-side crank level or in line with chain stay
- No shadows
- Big ring; middle of cassette - get that rear derailleur vertical
- No saddle bag or bar clutter
- No bottle
- And for godsake, make sure your valve stems and tire logos are aligned!
(I bet I'm missing something)

https://forum.ih8mud.com/media/car-c...tte.64272/full

the handlebar reach was about 2 cm more than my prvious compact bars.

140 stem in first pic. 120 in 2nd. it's common to do that for more aero positioning in competitive situations

thanks!

bruh my bike is bomb ok? presentation is secondary. does scarlett johan need to wear makeup to look hot?

Fair enough. I figured the pan and brush were for all the riders you've dusted ;-)

it's actually for my cat's litter box.

I'd go black on the bottle cages/ brakes/ saddle just to match with the wheels more; I get the white trying to match with the logo though.

I like it too

There's a hot bike in there somewhere, but you did a good job hiding it. Most of it is presentation, but I'd definitely swap the bar tape for white.

Scarlett Johansen might be hot all the time in real life, but she can still look bad in a badly taken photo.