I really like this - how does it ride?

Yeah I had to look up that Brenizer method. Never heard of it before, but definitely something I want to try with my Nikon using Tamron 28-105 f/2.8 35mm lens (42-158mm effective due to crop factor) at full zoom. Full zoom at f/2.8 already gives some pretty nice bokeh but something like using that method sounds awesome.

Okay enough photography talk, now back to some hawt bikes :D

Beautiful shot!

Thank you! I tried my best to make a tiny apartment shot look good haha.

Glad you looked it up! I've been trying to mess around with it for a while. My first attempt at doing the same thing with my bike was horrible. But I learned that if you can be really steady, less shots is more. Just be really conscious of your over-lapping and know that you don't need a ton of your frames to overlap by a lot. Just the outer edges with a little extra room. Haha yes I could easily keep talking about this stuff. I love it.

All hot, but how much money do you spend on bikes. Wish I could afford all that bling :-)

Deffo hot. What is model and manufacturer though.

The BMC on the bottom is very hot, but it looks damn dangerous in a way. Kind of like cutting edge military technology or something (a stealth bomber or something).

Your bike is very hot. So hot in fact that it just melted my computers monitor !

Apparently, after the initial investment and subsequent sales... nothing, according to Rob13's post.

OCLV's S2 is hot. Zipp stem/bars were an excellent addition.

If the bike was custom built, why didn't you have it made so that it wouldn't need the sstack of pacers, the flipped stem, and the saddle would sit on the middle of the rails? Or is this pre-fitting?

Thank you fellas. Yeah, I am OCLV, well to the select few that remember.... Speaking of which I put a Zipp SCSL -17 stem on the Trek. I should clean it up and shoot some pics some time.

Correct.

Just threw it together. I have not done the fit yet. That is why I left the spacers on. Don't want to cut the fork to short without getting properly fit. Custom fit does not mean everything is like you want it, it is how I WANT IT.

Yeah they are nice bikes. But all factory. I live within my means and that is why I have one bike for the moment. So don't go knockin on people who are relatively new to cycling (3 years) and have there first CUSTOM bike.

Not Factory, Those bikes were built with my OWN hands. I picked the frame, components, etc... and built it all by myself. Which makes it custom made to my specifications. :)
My first road bike was the blue Trek which was already built. But I tore it down every which way and put it back together and learned that way.

I have to admit, that Cervelo right there is hot, I must of said it like 2 or 3 times on this thread. But it does make my bike hurt just looking at it :)

Jerry, you asked for Rob's bikes, (insinuating he had no place to talk) then he posts some pretty awesome bikes and then you diss them? At this point, a compliment to Rob's bikes would be the classier way to go. Just sayin'...

Rob, I'm envious of that Orbea. It looks beeyouteemus. Although I'm just a beginner, so what do I know? lol.

Very cool. :thumb:

If u read my post, I said they were nice bikes. Just don't knock me for my First Custom Steel bike. The frame is Hand Made. Not Factory Made. Just Sayin!!

Rob. I will take the high road. Yes, those are definitely awesome bikes, especially the matte black S-Works. I am envious too a degree. But, if you know anything about custom steel bikes, Mike DeSalvo has won best of show for
TIG welded frames at the NAHBS more than once. I don't consider my bike mediocre. If you would like to join me on the high road, as Ross Perot said " I'm all ears ". :)

Why are you acting like rob ever commented on your bike. Didn't happen.

Oh, I see where you get the mediocre comment from. So he posts that a day before you post a pic of your bike and you feel slighted. It's like he's psychic and knew you would be posting soon.

Surprisingly well. I was weary of chinese carbon, but was rather impressed. I've had it for a little over a month, has about 800 miles on it, and nothing has needed my attention. It even handled fast descents amazingly well, no shake or anything like that, felt like it was on rails at 40+.

Flyxii FLX-FR-105, or DengFu FM012, among other various names.

Still amazed on how it looks. Screams "race me". It's so beautiful.

Dont you hate the wind though (crosswinds)? Even the slightest wind on those DEEEEEP wheels sucks. I have some 50mms and sometimes I regret not switching to my ALs. It's great on the headwinds but crosswinds just makes it a lil bit more challenging while riding.