Originally Posted by bianchi10 (Post 15306356)

some people just cant deal with a "Not"

Originally Posted by fa63 (Post 15306374)

I typically don't like "stock" bikes, even if they are very high end. A little bit of customization is needed to make a bike hot IMO, but then again that doesn't mean any bike that has been customized is hot.

By the way, 32h wheels are hot:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps8143eee8.jpg

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 15306411)

Former race frame turned rain / pit bike. Can fenders and old components be hot?

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...24223363_n.jpg
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...75011211_n.jpg

Originally Posted by fa63 (Post 15306374)

I typically don't like "stock" bikes, even if they are very high end. A little bit of customization is needed to make a bike hot IMO, but then again that doesn't mean any bike that has been customized is hot.

By the way, 32h wheels are hot:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps8143eee8.jpg

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 15306411)

Former race frame turned rain / pit bike. Can fenders and old components be hot?

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...24223363_n.jpg
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...75011211_n.jpg

Originally Posted by bianchi10 (Post 15306356)

You can throw some sprinkles and whip cream on a fresh deuce with a cherry on top and it still doesn't make me want to eat it.

Originally Posted by marqueemoon (Post 15306892)

Points off for the bar tape gap.

I really hate that font too, but otherwise a hot bike.

Originally Posted by Kimmo (Post 15305842)

Okay, how about this baby. 20yo machine sporting 6400, pimped up with some 7700 and Campy, plus modern wheels.

Yeah, the wheels don't match, but they look similar enough for me, and each one has some pretty cool gearhead features (love the Shimano design, and I dig the super-close hub flanges and milled rim on the A-Class). Plus, as you can tell from the brakes, I also dig front/rear specific spec. And the bike's a bitsa anyway.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=300885

Originally Posted by R1lee (Post 15306757)

Im sorry but that's a not for me. I think it has potential, but here are my problems.

white front fork matches nothing else on the bike.
red graphics on wheel also matches nothing else on the bike.
I'm not a fan of fenders and I understand why people use them, but take a picture with them off and put them back on afterwards. They don't scream hot.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 15307293)

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 15307293)

It's my winter / rain bike. The fork is the stock C-dale one, and is the same color as the head tube/front of the bike. I'll take the fenders off and use it as a pit bike for crits this summer. I was just posting for the sake of moving back to bike pictures. Here it is as is was before being retired from primary race bike duty.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...85219903_n.jpg

Originally Posted by R1lee (Post 15307371)

Maybe it doesn't look the same due to angle? your bike is now very hot.. But the fork still bothers me.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 15307378)

It's not like my race bike anymore. New team frame (from some number of pages back). I was going to sell the C9, but decided on n+1 for a rain/pit bike.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...53432574_n.jpg

Originally Posted by Kimmo (Post 15305941)

Question for folks running as much drop to the bars as me - don't you feel the need for something to push back against?

Originally Posted by R1lee (Post 15307382)

Oh yeah I remember... Hot.

How many wheel sets do you have? What brand are those?

Originally Posted by LowCel (Post 15307438)

Absolutely not.

Originally Posted by Kimmo (Post 15306092)

What, you reckon I didn't start off with it level and dial it in to suit?

Forget my bloody seat position plz! It's like that because my bike gives me a hard-on so I need to make room for it.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=300903

Originally Posted by TDRILL (Post 15307540)

I think this bike is much hotter than a lot of other ones I've seen get the 'hot' vote in this thread. And I am one of those guys that has huge favoritism toward the lastest and greatest. Nice ride

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 15306411)

Former race frame turned rain / pit bike. Can fenders and old components be hot?

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...24223363_n.jpg
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...75011211_n.jpg