I'm trying out some Zipp 404s for the weekend to see what all the fuss about aero wheels is all about.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...1/photo1-6.jpg

Your not going to want to give them back. Demo a pair of tubulars if they are available...don't sell yourself short.

Final addition.

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...IMG_2216-1.jpg

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...5/IMG_2264.jpg

Crummy pic, but I gotta vote hot with those cosmics!

It's perfect now! Love it!

I did not self-proclaim my bike "hot", jeepseahawk did.

I agree that my pic is a bit blurry - I took a pic of the first day I brought it back home with my wife's iPhone.

One question, should I take the HED wheel stickers off? The rest of the bike does not have any stickers because all the logos are etched. Also, what do you think about using a silver or red hub with silver spokes instead (next wheel build).

Mark

Logos never look good. Especially on wheels

They do make you look like a pretentious person with too much money, though. I'd say take them off.

PRICELESS observation....:roflmao2:

Thanks! They're definitely nice wheel and sexy too but I think a total overkill for my riding :lol:. I'm picky especially when it comes to dropping some major $ and the one thing that annoyed me the most was the noise. The free hub is LOUD. Its like having an angry bee choked up on speed next to your ear when coasting at speed. There is also that particular road sound when riding but I guess that comes with deep carbon wheels. I like to clear my head when riding and this did not help. They felt great at higher speeds pushing to go faster and climbed well too, although I was able to flex the rear once going up a very steep part of a hill out of the saddle. Heard breaks rubbing. Accelerating was good but not as snappy as I'd like. I'd like to try something less deep but still semi aero like 38mm.

If you're talking about the Enves, I'd say you're on crack.

^the loud freehub and carbon rims not a welcome addition to sram red "megaphone" powerdome cassette, and sram red "percussion instrument" chain?

I need to take a better picture but here's a quick one from yesterday to show off the fresh tape and new bars:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...addict1of1.jpg

haha true! Although I run a Ultegra cassette with KMC chain and it's pretty quiet.

Hot

I don't think he saw your original post, he thinks I posted my bike and stated it was hot. Your stickers are fine, not too much, not to little. I say find a red seat collar to bring out the red in the headset.

Please tell me you're not talking about the ENVE's. Thats like ripping emblems off your Ferrari

+1, people are gong a bit overboard with the take all stickers off. Not about being pretentious. Also, this plan of having no decals on wheels gets a little annoying when you have 4 sets sitting around and you are trying to figure out what's what.

Hot even with that frame pump on there

Not.

I knew I wouldn't get away with that. :o

If you were talking about my wheels, thank you for your suggestion. It was noted and disregarded. I ordered those decals. The white ones are a bit much.

Here's another photo. Look away.

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/s...5/IMG_2208.jpg

How did you all manage to miss the guy asking if he should take off his logo decals? I was answering him.

And since it sounds like you wanted to hear it, I do like your wheels (even with the logos).

1) you didn't use the quote function
2) the pic of the Enves was more recent
3) above all, you used an absolute ("never") in your statement, which would have necessarily included the Enves.

I apologize, then.

http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/a...5/photo-10.jpg
a bit of a better pic than the last time I posted it