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09-09-13, 02:15 PM
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09-09-13, 04:12 PM
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09-09-13, 04:22 PM
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thanks everyone!
didn't know we were judging the "staging" of the photo as hot or not....thought we were judging the bikes on here!
didn't know we were judging the "staging" of the photo as hot or not....thought we were judging the bikes on here!
09-09-13, 04:24 PM
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That is hotness. Is that black / gold to a tribute to the Black Lightning they did in the late 80's? That was one of the first bikes I ever coveted.
09-09-13, 04:40 PM
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That's the way it should be, but the nitpickers need something to pick.
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09-09-13, 04:49 PM
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09-09-13, 06:24 PM
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The crankset is the only thing that sticks out here and even then, its not off by a large margin. How exactly is his stem positioned improperly?
09-09-13, 06:34 PM
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I think he meant the valve stems.
09-09-13, 06:40 PM
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Oh I see. Since the stickers are so dark in the photo, I didn't even see that the wheels had stickers on them. I usually only pay attention to the valve stems when the wheels has white noticeable stickers where you can the wheels haven't been staged. Good eye though
09-09-13, 08:39 PM
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I think they're talking about the ghosting effect from the stickers that used to be there.
And it's typical to put the valves at 6pm.
Being nitpicky is what HrN is all about.
And it's typical to put the valves at 6pm.
Being nitpicky is what HrN is all about.
09-10-13, 09:52 AM
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Just goes to show you that a truly HOT bike need not worry about staging nonsense. When people nitpick about staging it probably means the bike is only marginally hot or maybe lukewarm. 
09-10-13, 09:54 AM
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09-10-13, 11:13 AM
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09-10-13, 11:17 AM
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09-10-13, 11:21 AM
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I snagged that pic off Craigslist. Is that an abomination or what?!
Throw in the mixed UW/UO colors and it's beyond abomination. It needs to take a trip to Mordor, to be cast into the fires of Mount Doom, from whence it came, and undone like the great evil that it is.
Throw in the mixed UW/UO colors and it's beyond abomination. It needs to take a trip to Mordor, to be cast into the fires of Mount Doom, from whence it came, and undone like the great evil that it is.
09-10-13, 02:08 PM
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09-10-13, 02:10 PM
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09-10-13, 08:22 PM
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I had to lengthen the tail a bit to put on a rfid timing chip. The timing chips don't work well when taped to the carbon shell. I think it turned out pretty well for using chlorplast to lengthen it a bit.
hot or not
hot or not
09-10-13, 08:30 PM
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09-10-13, 08:36 PM
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Align the valve stems, dammit..
09-10-13, 08:59 PM
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09-10-13, 10:17 PM
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I'll let the valve stems slide if you send some strawberries my way.
09-10-13, 11:54 PM
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Not, unless you send me strawberries:-)
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09-11-13, 07:28 AM
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On a more serious note, what is this used for, exactly? And does the aerodynamic shape overcome the added weight? And what IS it, exactly? 
