This is my first post in this forum. Been an admirer for a long time, but never had a bike I thought could realistically be worthy of a hot. Comfy, fun to ride, pretty good looking, yes, but not 'HOT.'


That, I think, changed with this build. Two pics, neither perfect staging. The first is in the wrong ring, the cranks are at the wrong position. The second is better there, but the background is busy. Oh well, it's what I have.


Frame - 94 Colorado TG (Columbus tubing for Serotta. Frame was factory refurbed in 2011 before they went under, carbon fork added then per the gentleman I bought the frame from.)
Wheels - 2010 Zipp 404s (not firecrest, AL brake track)
Group - 105 5600
Selle Italia saddle, Easton bars, Fizik tape.
Pedals are special edition shimano MTB with a white spindle. I'm hoping the matchy matchy helps cancel out the fact that they aint road pedals (all my rides have 2 bolt style pedals.)
Stem is a threadless adapter, the stem is actually a -6 degree stem but the adapter has it looking like it points a little upwards.


Also one caveat - I did this entire build frame up for less than 800 bones. For a budget bike I think it's sexy as hell.


Have at it!

It's always a downer that large framed bikes just don't seem to get a lot of hot's, and I think that's partially the case here. Personally I would call it hot if only it was a smaller frame that looked in proportion with the rest of the parts.

Either way, I'll still say that this can easily be a hot bike, need to put black tape on the bars, rotate them down a bit at least for the photo. Maybe ditch the Zipp decals if you feel like it, can replace them with a couple of ghost decals if available (but no more than two in my humble opinion. Otherwise it's a damn fine bike and I'll bet it rides beautifully!

First, apologies for the background and angle, but all the "proper" photos I attempted came out like crap. Somehow the camera on the phone managed to get the bike out of focus in the outdoor shots taken on the shady side of the building. - low light meant low resolution, flash made just as big a mess of things, and no amount of adjustments/color cast removal could make the colors even half realistic. Perhaps I shouldn't be so eager to post until I get a better photo, but I can't help it. Besides, all the salient features* are apparent. :rolleyes:

https://www.bikeforums.net/picture.p...ctureid=529068

Wheels are second hand (very lightly used, and with fresh tires), everything else is new, but because it's a 3-year old style and I was modest with the gruppo, I managed to put it together for about half what it would have cost when I first fell in love with this model. It's not quite the sandbagger I'd expected it to be; once I add a computer, it won't be 'underweight' any more. As shown: 6.79kg.

https://www.bikeforums.net/picture.p...ctureid=529069

Ride your dream, indeed....

edit add: oh, and sorry it's not as hot or sweet as the last couple of submissions.
* for those who care about specs: wheels are Stinger 3 tubular w/ 25mm Vittoria Pave CG; gruppo is a mix 'n' match of Chorus FD and chain + non-series 11-28 cassette + Athena alloy shifters, RD, and CF 52/36 chainset + Potenza calipers; seatpost stem and bars are Deda Superleggera(o); Saddle is SMP Composit in "vintage leather;" tape is Brooks leather; pedals are Time Xpresso 10; and cages are Elite. The leather pieces, and the FD and chain rings turned out to be fortuitous matches.

And black saddle and tape. I love white bar tap and saddles but the bike needs to be a light color or have white somewhere else to pull it off. The little white logo is just not enough with all he black and dark red.

For what you paid and use it for, not bad. The MTB pedals would go over better if you said this was a bad weather/commuter/backup bike.

This is awesome. The classic lines of the Soudal Ridleys have been my favourite pro bike for a few years now, and the silver Campag stuff are my "want" group over any of the black. My only quibble would be that I don't personally like those pointy-downy saddles, but I'll never question what another rider wants under their undercarriage.

This doesn't so much get a "HOT" from me, as a "This thread is over, everybody else needs to start a new one, because kbarch has won, and the rest is just metal and carbon and noise."

It’s a nice bike but it’s not that hot. The saddle and bar tape are a different red than the frame and HED wheels? Well HED wheels...

6.5/10

frame is very nice in isolation.... but larger frames generally arent proportioned well.

add a stubby stem on top of it... and awkward bar shape and shifter placement... and its not best overall look

You're far too kind. :o I fell in love with this model when watching the Giro in '15. I couldn't help but think: how come that team is the only one with a good looking bike? It's funny that way. On the page, in isolation, it doesn't look so unusual - especially for someone who hadn't developed a keen eye for bike designs. But the slim tubes combined with the bold yet modestly retro graphics made it really stand out from the rest of the peloton. To my eye, at least, it was the one bit of harmony in a sea of static and noise, like you say.
Actually, the saddle and bar tape are brown; leather. I hope that's OK - certainly wouldn't want to try to get scarlet leather to match the paint. And yeah, the wheels could be better looking. I wanted to remove the decals, but the seller forgot (and meanwhile wasn't too neat with the glue, either), and I don't own a hair dryer, so.... At least they're low profile, and I'm not riding around on really BIG, ugly HEDs. Probably should get some box rim clinchers if I want to take it out for just riding around much....

+1 "thread's over, too hot" is crazy talk.

Love the hot Ridley, better pics soon please

Velominati ? The Rules

That is then a violation of rule #8 which is an immediate disqualification for thread ending hot. You can only have a brown saddle and bars if there is brown on the frame. Sorry man, but I didn't make the rules. :)

velominati is stupid.

i know, its satire.

still, its stupid.

Does the bronze color, on the FD and chain rings count? :D
Velominati? Ha! I'm a big-time heretic. I'll grant that many, maybe most of the rules are (often hilariously) judicious and insightful, but it's really disappointing when they try too hard, and just pontificate on matters that they don't fully understand, like the meaning of colors. :)

I like it, but don't care for the saddle/tape color.

Not "hot", but a ride I'd be very happy own.

https://www.bikeforums.net/picture.p...ctureid=529068

I'm not a Ridley fan, but I do like the bar tape and saddle color. Although, the saddle would look much better with a Selle Italia Flite Classis brown leather and put it over the top as hot. JMHO

hey guys, any tips for improvement?

https://www.pedal.com.br/forum/uploa...7_16-54-49.jpg

remove the decals from the wheelset.

Those bars!!
Horrendous.

If you had a Retul fitting and ended up at that then that says a lot about Retul fittings IMO.

It looks similar to a French Fit bike.

Looks like a self done garage fit to me with those hoods sticking up in the air like that.
Makes me think that the guys flexibility is not up to the task of the length of the cockpit.

Seat slammed forward and bars rolled back.
Classic bike is too big/aggressive for my flexibility problem IMO.

Well, it's been a few years... Domane is now gone as of a couple of weeks ago to help fund this project. I know the saddle will send some into a tizzy but here are the specs:

Custom Speedvagen, made to order, fitted to me. Steel all around but with a carbon seat tube, Envy forks, Envy seat mast topper. Pro Stealth bars painted to match. Dura Ace 9150 DI2 kit, Infinity Saddle, Easton SL90 wheels with White Industry hubs, tubeless Schwalbe tires. I have some new carbon wheels that will be going on once I receive the tires (also tubeless).

I haven't even taken it on the maiden voyage yet, but around the block it feels so different from the carbon Domane, weirdly smooth considering what my memories of steel are...

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...psgp1yofin.jpg

Seat stays are bent to order based on rider weight and size

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...pszlokjoph.jpg

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...psi6qm27i4.jpg

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...psn8uclhem.jpg

With my headlight

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/y...pspcs7bhvs.jpg

OR you could get a white saddle and bar tape and keep the decals for more flash!