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09-05-18, 11:11 AM
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I bought the bike used over a week ago. The seat post is a 3T Stylus 25 Team Stealth Carbon. As for the spacers... I think it's on the high end as well but I/m comfortable on the bike now and don't really care for slammed stems that much. Certainly not just for looks anyways.
09-05-18, 11:16 AM
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I bought the bike used over a week ago. The seat post is a 3T Stylus 25 Team Stealth Carbon. As for the spacers... I think it's on the high end as well but I/m comfortable on the bike now and don't really care for slammed stems that much. Certainly not just for looks anyways.
I don't care for the look of a slammed bike, but about half those spacers would look "right". Ride whatever is comfortable, but those bars are definitely too high for me(JMO).
09-05-18, 11:40 AM
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I give the Marinoni a HOT all day long. I also wax longingly with them as both a previous owner of one and employee of the company when I was a kid and built wheels for them. Either way though, the look is great as well.
Nick, I think your Cannondale also looks as awesome as always. Obviously black bikes are not my cup of tea, but man your's is well thought out and decked out!
The Trek with the impotent saddle is very nice but the saddle takes too much away, I'll still give it a semi-hot simply since I understand the need for comfort and if that saddle works then who am I to judge (oh wait...)!
Nick, I think your Cannondale also looks as awesome as always. Obviously black bikes are not my cup of tea, but man your's is well thought out and decked out!
The Trek with the impotent saddle is very nice but the saddle takes too much away, I'll still give it a semi-hot simply since I understand the need for comfort and if that saddle works then who am I to judge (oh wait...)!
09-05-18, 12:49 PM
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09-05-18, 01:53 PM
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I have remove all the non-black logo and lettering on my Deda but i'm not sure how to do it on the seatpost.
09-05-18, 02:16 PM
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Try acetone first and give some good elbow grease. Oddly enough my friend got his off with acenton. However, mine were under a clearcoat. So I used a light sandpaper and took the clear off and then continued with the logos. Then tapered it with lighter and lighter sandpaper. Had no issues.
09-05-18, 03:07 PM
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Try acetone first and give some good elbow grease. Oddly enough my friend got his off with acenton. However, mine were under a clearcoat. So I used a light sandpaper and took the clear off and then continued with the logos. Then tapered it with lighter and lighter sandpaper. Had no issues.
Thanks for the answer.
09-05-18, 03:40 PM
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Seat post too high. Slammed stems don't look good...at all. All black is a bit on the boring side. Cannondales spider cranks are ugly as heck. For me, most carbon bikes are just an average run of the mill cookie cutter chinese carbon...but for some reason this cannondale frame seems legendary. Probably the best carbon bike in this thread considering the 99% of the Chinese pile in here. Nice enve carbon wheels. It's carbon, it's run of the mill chinese, but it's still a cannondale, and that makes it ok but a few tiers below American Ti frames.
09-06-18, 05:43 AM
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Seat post too high. Slammed stems don't look good...at all. All black is a bit on the boring side. Cannondales spider cranks are ugly as heck. For me, most carbon bikes are just an average run of the mill cookie cutter chinese carbon...but for some reason this cannondale frame seems legendary. Probably the best carbon bike in this thread considering the 99% of the Chinese pile in here. Nice enve carbon wheels. It's carbon, it's run of the mill chinese, but it's still a cannondale, and that makes it ok but a few tiers below American Ti frames.
09-06-18, 08:23 AM
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09-06-18, 08:29 AM
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It sounds like someone is a little butt hurt, because his bike isn't hot.
09-06-18, 10:48 AM
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^^ LOL. The Dale is hot, I just want some color on it. Throw on some stupid neon water bottles or something.
09-06-18, 01:30 PM
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Seat post too high. Slammed stems don't look good...at all. All black is a bit on the boring side. Cannondales spider cranks are ugly as heck. For me, most carbon bikes are just an average run of the mill cookie cutter chinese carbon...but for some reason this cannondale frame seems legendary. Probably the best carbon bike in this thread considering the 99% of the Chinese pile in here. Nice enve carbon wheels. It's carbon, it's run of the mill chinese, but it's still a cannondale, and that makes it ok but a few tiers below American Ti frames.
not even 2 weeks ago you liked the "all black look", and now it's boring? Also - you seem to denigrate Chinese parts, but advocate $300.00 carbon wheels you got on Amazon that are "just as good" as $3000.00 Zipps. Which is it?
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Saltyyyyy.
09-06-18, 02:41 PM
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Oh - the Cannondale is hot
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Ok fine I'll follow the narrative. That black chinese carbon frame is super hot and sexy with the slammed stem, and carefully placed valve stems to conform with the standards in this thread. I especially love the high seat post aggressive look it makes it look so fast standing still. Love the gear choice as well when the bike is not moving, that's the gear Hushovd starts in at a stand still on a HC category climb. It's a very unique black carbon bike, never seen anything like it. A cannondale marketing exec would be very proud of that picture.
09-06-18, 07:07 PM
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Ok fine I'll follow the narrative. That black chinese carbon frame is super hot and sexy with the slammed stem, and carefully placed valve stems to conform with the standards in this thread. I especially love the high seat post aggressive look it makes it look so fast standing still. Love the gear choice as well when the bike is not moving, that's the gear Hushovd starts in at a stand still on a HC category climb. It's a very unique black carbon bike, never seen anything like it. A cannondale marketing exec would be very proud of that picture.
Its "HC climb". Not "HC category climb". The "C" in "HC" stands for "categorie". As in "hors categorie", which means "beyond category". So, you don't say "man, Thor Hushovd just did 400 watts up a beyond category category climb!" If you did, you would look really, really stupid, and I'm sure you don't want to look really, really stupid.
edit: the more you post, the homlier your poor bike gets. That poor, poor bike.
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09-07-18, 07:32 AM
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Ok fine I'll follow the narrative. That black chinese carbon frame is super hot and sexy with the slammed stem, and carefully placed valve stems to conform with the standards in this thread. I especially love the high seat post aggressive look it makes it look so fast standing still. Love the gear choice as well when the bike is not moving, that's the gear Hushovd starts in at a stand still on a HC category climb. It's a very unique black carbon bike, never seen anything like it. A cannondale marketing exec would be very proud of that picture.
"Slammed" stems get the rider into a more aerodynamic position, which is faster (kinda the entire purpose of a road bike).
