ravenmore

yeah headtube and downtube on 09 TCR's are massive.

liquefied

Shooped.

Tigerprawn

Finished the build not too long ago. Just waiting on an injury to heal so I can actually ride it.

out2dasea

2004 Somec Nepton- U2 Deda Aluminum, campy record and chorus components. Just picked it up last weekend

cbip

Thanks for posting the pics Mike! I may be biased, but damn thats a sexy looking bike

ravenmore

Hey full Sram Red, with those wheels - definitely hot! Also with the KOM wheels on sub 14 lbs - super hot.

liquefied

Protip for everyone: when you take a shot of your bike from the side straight-on step way back and zoom in until it fills the frame instead of standing right up next to it and zooming out. This will prevent your bike from looking all funky and distorted.

Also, hot!

Crash716

the wheels certainly do help....the wheels aren't mine..they were part of a sponsor demo ride...got to test them for about 70 miles the other day.

Crash716

here she is in standard race form...

NathanC

Not a huge Giant fan, but that TCR is fantastic.

YOJiMBO20

Did you get a new bike?

Must have been just before Joe dropped Specialized or bought from another shop?

Also, my friend works at that Sears.

Crash716

yeah...this one is the one they sent me on the warranty issue i had with the white one..i guess i got in just in time eh?

I'll have to talk to joe about dumping specialized...what the heck am i gonna do if i have another problem?

YOJiMBO20

Wouldn't you be able to contact Specialized directly? Or do you have to go through a dealer?

Either way, I'm okay with him dropping Specialized because he picked up Felt. Now I won't have to go down to Chula Vista to get my bike..you know...once I have money.

Also, I could hopefully start working at BRC soon. Joe told me one of the guys might be quitting soon, so that'd be cool.

ravenmore

no distortion in this photo - shot is tilted slightly. Panasonic LX3 corrects for barrel and CA distortions in firmware when writing jpegs. In the ones shot more from the front and the back there is some elongation due to the wide angle lens but I kind of like that.

ravenmore

nice!

brian416

so so hot especially with those wheels

D.J.M.

Sorry for the cluter, I'll have to take some pictures in daylight aswell..

Jamis Xenith SL. Soul S4.0 41mm alu clinchers.

TheStott

Hottest. TCR. Ever.

sheddle

That's an Advanced SL, isn't it? So hot.

liquefied

There is a fair amount of barrel distortion and a lot of perspective distortion (perspective distortion cannot be corrected) in it from shooting at such a wide angle so close up. Just look at the barbed wire for proof. I agree that it looks good in the other shots though.

sowe34

Got this puppy 3 days ago

anticlimbactic

Am I the only one that thinks those wheels look awful?
They may be great wheels, but it looks like somebody found the worst looking "wedding" style font that comes with Windows to do the logo and then slapped in onto some stickers to put on the wheels in a squarish configuration.

Totally takes away from the design of the wheels (which would otherwise actually look pretty sleek).

liquefied

I agree - the Lightweight logo is exceedingly ugly.

cbip

Thanks!
I think the wheels really took it to another level as far as looks go, the ride quality was already there.
It actually gained a fair amount of weight going with the SRAM wheel set, but like they say, "aero trumps weight" so it's all good.
I put a teammates set of Reynolds KOM's on it and it went 13.8 pounds, and that was with a Rival cassette and Keo classic pedals. With a Red cassette and Keo Carbon's it would go about 13.5.
The bike is really amazing to ride. I have a 08 TCR C2 which was very nice also, but this bike is on a whole other level. It is stiff beyond belief but the ride is smooth with very little vibration. If it had a better engine it would fly. Just look at what Rabobank is doing on it.

liquefied

Finally got my Aksiums + Gatorskin foldings for $210. Budget hot bike?