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11-26-12, 05:02 PM
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Take it back to walmart. 
11-26-12, 05:25 PM
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11-26-12, 05:33 PM
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its actually something that I build for the wife... if you look at frame (and the ratio of the size of the chain rings to the frame itself) you might notice that things look odd... its because its a bike based on 26" wheels.
The wife is 5'4" and this is a 48cm frame with 26" wheels.
11-26-12, 06:23 PM
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Still trying to find the stick that's holding the bike up. 
Hot regardless.
Hot regardless.
11-26-12, 06:26 PM
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I was gonna ask that. I like it. Hot!
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11-26-12, 06:34 PM
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You guys are funny...it's a race bike...ie, tool not jewel
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11-27-12, 10:24 AM
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11-27-12, 10:36 AM
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ohhhh, that XO-1, so unique, and so sweet. Mega hot for completely different reason than all the other hot bikes in this thread.
11-27-12, 10:53 AM
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11-27-12, 01:58 PM
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11-27-12, 02:10 PM
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11-27-12, 02:16 PM
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it was really hard keeping the stick still from under the drain grate, but I held on tightly to the stick while my wife took the pictures.
11-27-12, 03:15 PM
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https://sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/index.html
And by modern standards that geometry is not a typical road frame.
The chainstays at 42 mm are 1.5cm longer than your RB-1 for example. And the trail of 17mm is on the longish side. Definitely designed to be more a stable cruiser than a racing bike.
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11-27-12, 10:49 PM
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11-27-12, 10:59 PM
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11-29-12, 09:52 AM
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Kicking it old school with some american steel.
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11-29-12, 10:15 AM
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Love the Stowe...very purdy. Red or orange?
11-29-12, 10:33 AM
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Very red. The yellow is more of a goldenrod, I have the correct colored deda tape on the way. I'd love to lose the schwinn made boat anchor of a fork and get a carbon fork on there, but the graphics are too good. I even have the fork in wait, anyone know a good painter that can match decals and color?
In this album you can see its evolution during the time I've had it. It came with that ugly stem and STIs. By happenstance I ran into Rob Stowe via a craigslist sale for a raleigh 3speed and had him tell me about it. It was a little odd to meet the builder of one of my bikes, but he seemed pretty plussed to see one in the wild again, more than 20 years after he'd sent it off.
In this album you can see its evolution during the time I've had it. It came with that ugly stem and STIs. By happenstance I ran into Rob Stowe via a craigslist sale for a raleigh 3speed and had him tell me about it. It was a little odd to meet the builder of one of my bikes, but he seemed pretty plussed to see one in the wild again, more than 20 years after he'd sent it off.
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11-29-12, 10:54 AM
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An unending work of art. If it's really red, you can probably do a good job of rattlecanning the carbon fork and print up your own decals. There's a lot of help for this kind of thing on C&V.
11-29-12, 11:12 AM
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2008ish Scott Addict R4
11-29-12, 11:31 AM
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Welcome to BF....since you're new, the folks here will give you a grace period. Bike could be hot, but a few "rules" for this thread: pic on drive side, chain on big ring, prefer in front of garage, but if you don't have one, a plain solid background, and a straight and level side shot. But I do like the murdered out look.
11-29-12, 11:51 AM
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He should know better:
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11-29-12, 12:49 PM
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Very red. The yellow is more of a goldenrod, I have the correct colored deda tape on the way. I'd love to lose the schwinn made boat anchor of a fork and get a carbon fork on there, but the graphics are too good. I even have the fork in wait, anyone know a good painter that can match decals and color?
In this album you can see its evolution during the time I've had it. It came with that ugly stem and STIs. By happenstance I ran into Rob Stowe via a craigslist sale for a raleigh 3speed and had him tell me about it. It was a little odd to meet the builder of one of my bikes, but he seemed pretty plussed to see one in the wild again, more than 20 years after he'd sent it off.
In this album you can see its evolution during the time I've had it. It came with that ugly stem and STIs. By happenstance I ran into Rob Stowe via a craigslist sale for a raleigh 3speed and had him tell me about it. It was a little odd to meet the builder of one of my bikes, but he seemed pretty plussed to see one in the wild again, more than 20 years after he'd sent it off.
what did you do with the old shimano tri color group?
11-29-12, 02:37 PM
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The tricolor is still on it. It took me FOREVER to find the 6401, 8speed downtubes, the 7 speed ones are everywhere, but by the time the 8 speed came around nearly every bike was STII actually finished the group off- picked up the stem, post and both kinds of pedals- clips and clipless. I have yet to get the stem on, but that'll happen this weekend when the goldenrod deda tape I've ordered shows up. I decided to convert this to downtubes, because having two bikes will full tricolor STIs seemed a little redundant. It took me FOREVER to find the 6401, 8speed downtubes, the 7 speed ones are everywhere, but by the time the 8 speed came around nearly every bike was STI.
Also have this bike with more or less full tricolor:
They're buddies!
I just realized you might be inquiring about picking up a tricolor group- like an idiot, I bid on two complete STI groups (without wheels though) late night one ebay the other night. Turns out I won them both, so I'm a little flush with tricolor stuff right now. Feel free to PM me if I'm reading you right.
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