I'm conflicted on this one - colors and components are great and it looks the biz, but the set-up seems so... city hybid.

Not sure if mostly stock bikes are allowed but here is mine

I have to agree, this is definitely one hot ride, but by all means change the seatpost.

The dark shimano cranks looks so much better than their silver counterpart. HOT.Always been a fan of November framesets. Great looking build. HOT.

I like it! those seat stays scare me, though. ;)

I love gumwalls on steel or ti, but on that bike I'd personally go with something like this:

http://www.biketiresdirect.com/produ...0/vi71j5-1.jpg

most colored tires look stupid to me. I used to think they were cool as hell, but now I just think they make a bike look cheap MOST of the time. I have seen a couple bikes that surprised me though and looked good. The red tires on this bike could pull it off, but I think it would make the bike look less classic and more on the "cheap" side. thats just my personal opinion.

The wheel decals are really distracting on this one. I would remove them.

I would have gone with the 55 if available and run a setback post and longer stem. Not a whole lot of seatpost showing there and the stem looks like 80 or 90mm. You could get to a pretty similar position with your bars running a stem with less drop and a shorter spacer stack which would look better and also stiffen up the front end. Play around with the "compare" feature of this and see what you come up with.

http://www.brightspoke.com/t/bike-stem-calculator.html

get rid of yellow?

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...e/IMG_0974.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...e/DSC04851.jpg

Alas the decals are under a clearcoat but I actually don't mind them all that much.

55cm wasn't available. I think I'm going to nudge the seatpost up a little more before my next ride. I'm still getting the fit dialled in. I have a proper bike fit session in a week's time so I'll get it perfect then.

As for the stem, I just really, really hate the aesthetics of stems with rise on frames with horizontal top tubes. I'm thinking I'll probably switch to compact drops soon since I have smallish hands and I'm not keen on these current bars, so when I've made that change and gone through the fit session I should be able to tidy up the steerer a little.

That Bianchi is sensational. Wear out the yellow and then move on to a new color.

The all black thing was passe long ago. Reminds me of Hotblack Desiato or maybe a turd.

Got it.. Pink or orange is next. :thumb:

I think the tires are too much. Everything else...Hot! About time someone posted a build that isn't red, black, or carbon.

Seriously, don't. The dark blue/celeste is a perfect combination. Swap out for celeste.

I believe this how you see it and what I was thinking about...

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=289130

Very nice.

Well, I have something else that is not black or red or carbon:

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3cc2a18a.jpg

And now I gained the right to be traditional:
This is my pre-Christmas present from CL - $400 16.6 lbs bike:
I was thniing about red tape and red-striped tires

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...psd140ad69.jpg

Wow, for an extra $1, you could have bought a yellow C'dale! I like the wheels, not crazy about the tires. I agree with bianchi10, colored tires can look really cheap. You have to be really careful.

Your new Fuji looks great! Please don't put red tires on it. The black looks great. Red bar tape? Maybe. But not red tape, seat and tires! That's just too much, imo. Also a black and red saddle would look better than the white. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no white on that bike, right? (or silver and red) Fizik makes a black one with the red stripe down the middle...

yes, I know. Yellow tires on C'dale is a little off. But I needed to change the tires and choose wrong color - did not expect it will be bright yellow, thinking ore of dark yellow. I can always swap them with my wifes bike - she does not care about this stuff. :)

yes. I will hold on red tires for the other one. Will try red tape , since I already ordered it.

In my book any bike with a threadless fork is a modern bike, and therefore the conventions of modern bike setup apply. Provided the handlebar height and reach are appropriate to get you a good fit zero or minimal spacers will improve the feel of the front end, and to me that trumps any aesthetic concerns.

I'll admit that anything more than a 6 degree stem flipped up looks pretty bad, but a -17 stem on a modern bike should really be a last resort if there's no other way to get the bars low enough.

Unless you are racing Paris-Roubaix (in which case green Vittoria Paves or green sidewall FMBs are acceptable) colored tires are gross.

Matching bar tape to frame color or details only works if it matches *exactly*.

Hot

Exactly my thoughts!

That Fuji might be the sleeper of the aluminum racing bike world. All anyone speaks of is the CAAD, but those Fujis are great performers in crits and road races and very well priced. I have several teammates who have raced them extensively. Congrats.

I knew this! Thank you for this comment. :rolleyes:

i loaned my fuji roubaix (my rainy day bike) to my teamate after he cracked his cf frame...he won a crit and placed in 2 podiums with it...great bikes, and i love mine...and at $400, a hell of a deal...

however, they are not HOT bikes...sorry!