Have not posted here in a while, my new build..waiting on my keo blades.
Giant TCR Advanced SL
Sram Red
2012 Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLR
14.6lbs without pedals
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...ced%20SL/5.jpg
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...ced%20SL/4.jpg
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...ced%20SL/3.jpg

Might as well post my S-work as well!
14.8 lbs complete!
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...WorksSL3-1.jpg

My wifes S Works 14.5lbs Complete!
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...%20Amira/5.jpg

Great looking bike HOT

I am NOT a fan of Giant at all, but that is hot!

Sorry to crash the thread...
2011 Giant TCR Advanced 1
Sram Red
Mavic Ksyrium ES Anniversary Black Edition
15lbs Complete!
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/Outdoor1.jpg

H.O.T.!!!

I almost bought the same frameset a couple months back.Great build. HOT.

Weighing in at $1950.00 per pound at 10 pounds
 

In my opinion the baddest bike on the planet .... If I only could convince my wife to let me..........

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/...an/1_44972.jpg


MMMMM let me think would it be worth no sex for a year**********???

I don't think so.....

The price per pound makes it a NOT.

Does that mean that only cheap bikes are hot? I didn't realize this was called hot or not for the price

I don't care what the BF nitpickers say...the Alpha is plain badass.

I highly doubt this is an off the shelf frame. So to the guys hating on the color...if you were able to afford one. I'm sure you can custom paint it whatever color you want. :)

http://postfiles10.naver.net/2011041...47.JPG?type=w1

http://blog.naver.com/tplankorea/80128338579

Incorrect. It is just for people who don't mind changing their **** more often than another color.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T5FvhJXSZ3...llan%2Bmsr.jpg

Let's not let our personal feelings get in the way of logic here. (oh wait, FAR TOO LATE for that).

The updated pictures of the look are awesome. Definitely don't need a 3t/zipp stem to fit in - in my mind. Besides you have gone from (WTF is with that bar height) to 'HOT' with a free adjustment. People wanting you to buy a stem that is not even close to comparable to replace that look stem is like asking you to replace your porsche wheels with pep boy wheels because they look cooler.

Both the colnagos are HOT and I have always been a fan of TCR's.

UCI, those MAX LELLI's are beautiful despite the heavy ass wheels.

Glad to see this thread turned around as quickly as is turned bad!

I'm sorry, but that Look stem is the ugliest piece of trash, I've ever seen.

+1 clearly money wasn't an issue with this bike. I am sure you could have gotten it painted with purple flames if you really wanted. Lol. (I used to have a kickass Dodge Dakota Full size raised up with purple flames (front quarter) on black paint. - not my color choice, but the truck was too good not to purchase on that alone. It served me well)
What something costs and what somebody pays for it are totally different things as well. So that 20k is probably more like 10 realistically.

No its 20k, they make them to order, believe me I tried to negotiate, you ever try to bargain down a German who doesn't need the $$$$$

The thing with AX Lightness is...is their stuff actually costs that much. I highly doubt that you can realistically build that particular bike for 10k.

The brake set alone will set you back 1500 bucks. Unless you have one heck of a connection...10k is not possible.

The frame is priced starting at $8900 plus shipping and duty from Germany up to $11,900.00 depending on things like paint scheme and internal wiring for Di2. base frame would land you mid 9k. The stem is 995, the seat is 575, , the brakes are 995, the wheels are 2500, the cranks are 1800, the seatpost is 575, then you have to buy the groupo, that's about 17,500 before all the other parts (pedals, cages, tires etc..)

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/...bavaria_02.jpg

Hasn't AX had a rash of recent failures? I seem to remember hearing about the seatposts breaking. That would be an expensive, and eventually painful purchase.

so you are telling me they will get you from behind twice?

With no lube....

Frame has a weight limit of 165lbs

my 6'1" 175lb build is out (my bank account, wife, and backside are all thankful)

Pretty much....

Wow I feel fat right now. I only make the cut by 5lbs.

you would probably have to cut 10 to be safe

I will by summer. Still, that's ridiculous. I dare to say the stiffness of their $1000 stem is most likely certainly lacking. I wanted to buy an Extralite stem when I ended up buying my Zipp SCSL. I decided stiffness>weight on that purchase. It was a tough call, but I figure I can always buy an Extralite later. The AX is another 30-40g lighter than Extralite. That is just plain scarey.