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Bottecchia = HOTTT
Stowe... my eyes keep getting drawn to the slack cyclocomputer cable hanging far off the down tube, sorry! :)

Gorgeous.

I'll jump on the NP bandwagon too...this one ^^^ is HOT

Ridley Noah FAST (aka Noah FB)
SRAM Red
Fulcrum Racing 3
Fizik Aliante
3T Ergonova

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=328099

Man, that seat is slammed forward.

It's a not for me. I don't like the integrated seatpost with the Ridley logo in 172 pt type. Just comes across as garish to me. Otherwise, I usually love Ridleys. This one is a bit... in your face. How many times do they need to plaster their logo (and they are definitely not alone) all over the bike. We just need it once. And not that large.

Sorry, just can't get past that.

Ridley is a not.

A frame like that needs deep wheels. That's all.

I saw this same Ridley Noah frameset in person with Campy Record and aero wheels; Super Hot ! Potential.

Not the first time I have put my bike on here. Just waiting on team decals, and new bartape. Also, rear wheel doesn't match because I am waiting on my stages power meter, and am borrowing a powertap for the time being.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5539/9...9dd930be_b.jpg

So why are you posting it now? It's not finished.

Kinda what I was thinking.

Regardless...not for me

http://distilleryimage5.ak.instagram...0a9d0df1_7.jpg

Sorry for not being 53x11, but switched from Zipps to my old wheels and got some gumwalls. Classy as hell if I may say so. Don't mind the tape, I'm mocking up a paintjob I'm gonna be doing later this summer. It shall be winner.

Your setup is a shoe in for a hot bike, BUT I personally don't like those tires at all on that bike. I also don't like -17deg stems. Can't wait to see new paint job on it.

I want to like it and am on the fence but it just doesn't do it for me as it sits here. After paint job I would love to see it deposited. This bike has serious potential.

What color scheme you going with?

It'll be sorta Mondrian-ish, like Looks. Stripping everything to bare aluminum, painting top part of top tube in black, lots of stuff to do actually. I'm going for a new cockpit anyway, this is WAAAAY too long for me. Vibe 7s bar and stem, which is -10, just to please you. I'll be building up some China carbon clinchers too, can't wait to see how all of this ends up.

The zero setback seatpost with the seat forward bugs me with the stem so far forward, even though if that's how you fit that's how you fit.. it bugs me, just kind of looks like your compensating for the long cockpit by moving the seat way up. :p


There is a lot I like. I actually like the paint job and I wouldn't mess with it if it was mine.

It's a hot as is for me. Only thing I'm not crazy about is the bars and maybe add some white bar tape to match the saddle and pedals. I really like that frame.

+1, looks quite nice already. I love white bikes.

^Finish it and then ask. Don't post a bike clearly stating that it's not finished. Right now it's a not for me. And rotate those bars up when you do the rest...

How old is the 5200 frame? I hear you can rip a Trek BB shell in half by pedaling with moderate intensity... :thumb:

Hot

I'm torn. I really like the frame but the lack of deep dish wheels just kills it for me.

The frame is from 2001. Next year I will be buying my team's diamondback podium 7 with team paint job, and this will turn into my crit monster.