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10-26-13, 10:10 AM
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Dude, I know you need to think you're the Mayor, but give it rest. Better yet, why don't you go start your own "Most Awesome Bicycle Pics" thread where you can be a weenie all you want about 'staging' and other silliness. This thread was started before you were even a member, and it's utterly ridiculous for you to be prancing around telling people what it's "all about," especially when you're wrong about it.
simma down now. just sayin'
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10-26-13, 10:14 AM
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1) im not a photographer. photo suggestions welcome.
2) component (aesthetic) suggestions welcome, although the build isn't likely to change
3) yes, those are monodisperse silica nanoparticles that I made at work on the poster. in case you were dying to know.
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10-26-13, 10:53 AM
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Ive never been fond of the setback thomson seat post. I usually prefer bar tape and saddle to match. BUT, I dig it.
10-26-13, 10:56 AM
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10-26-13, 01:03 PM
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10-26-13, 01:56 PM
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I think its a nice color choice. Unique and really stands out.
There are two things that bug me about the bike.
1) SRM Power Meter is just plain ugly. If you could get a black version it would help, but it may be just too bulky and beyond help.
2) Cables. Sloping top tubes just don't look right with external cables. There's this weird gap that looks unfinished.
There are two things that bug me about the bike.
1) SRM Power Meter is just plain ugly. If you could get a black version it would help, but it may be just too bulky and beyond help.
2) Cables. Sloping top tubes just don't look right with external cables. There's this weird gap that looks unfinished.
10-26-13, 02:47 PM
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No, it's not ALL ABOUT staging. You obviously don't mean that, because if it was then an unattractive bike would automatically qualify as Hot just because it was staged perfectly. And we wouldn't want that.
What you mean is that by popular convention we have come to understand that staging can sometimes be an important factor. On many occasions it deservedly is, but in many other cases I've seen it used to discredit an otherwise Hot bike. We don't want this either, I'm sure.
Originally, way before the birth of this thread, the white garage door thing and pedal placement thing was just a joke, just another way to have some fun around here. This thread takes it too seriously. Everybody needs to simmer down and lighten up with the staging crap, and have some fun like it was originally intended.
What you mean is that by popular convention we have come to understand that staging can sometimes be an important factor. On many occasions it deservedly is, but in many other cases I've seen it used to discredit an otherwise Hot bike. We don't want this either, I'm sure.
Originally, way before the birth of this thread, the white garage door thing and pedal placement thing was just a joke, just another way to have some fun around here. This thread takes it too seriously. Everybody needs to simmer down and lighten up with the staging crap, and have some fun like it was originally intended.
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10-26-13, 02:49 PM
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Damn it - I hate it when I wholeheartedly agree with the sheriff.
10-26-13, 03:16 PM
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Jim, all those bikes are HOT. Of course, the Merlin Cyrene (gush), Vitus, Paramount mixte, Basso (hot enough to overcome the splatter tape), Paramount track bike, and Litespeed Classic are all exceedingly hot. I don't remember seeing the Paramount track bike before. Very nice. 
10-26-13, 03:27 PM
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No, it's not all about staging. You obviously don't mean that, because if it was then an unattractive bike would automatically qualify as Hot just because it was staged perfectly. And we wouldn't want that.
What you mean is that by popular convention we have come to understand that staging can sometimes be an important factor. On many occasions it deservedly is, but in many other cases I've seen it used to discredit an otherwise Hot bike. We don't want this either, I'm sure.
Originally, way before the birth of this thread, the white garage door thing and pedal placement thing was just a joke, just another way to have some fun around here. This thread takes it too seriously. Everybody needs to simmer down and lighten up with the staging crap, and have some fun like it was originally intended.
What you mean is that by popular convention we have come to understand that staging can sometimes be an important factor. On many occasions it deservedly is, but in many other cases I've seen it used to discredit an otherwise Hot bike. We don't want this either, I'm sure.
Originally, way before the birth of this thread, the white garage door thing and pedal placement thing was just a joke, just another way to have some fun around here. This thread takes it too seriously. Everybody needs to simmer down and lighten up with the staging crap, and have some fun like it was originally intended.
good call.
10-26-13, 03:39 PM
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10-26-13, 03:39 PM
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10-26-13, 04:11 PM
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I think its a nice color choice. Unique and really stands out.
There are two things that bug me about the bike.
1) SRM Power Meter is just plain ugly. If you could get a black version it would help, but it may be just too bulky and beyond help.
2) Cables. Sloping top tubes just don't look right with external cables. There's this weird gap that looks unfinished.
There are two things that bug me about the bike.
1) SRM Power Meter is just plain ugly. If you could get a black version it would help, but it may be just too bulky and beyond help.
2) Cables. Sloping top tubes just don't look right with external cables. There's this weird gap that looks unfinished.
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10-26-13, 05:15 PM
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Give Specialized a call and tell them that..hahaha ...I would love a smaller head tube but I cant get the 17 year old Chinese kids making these bikes to cooperate ;-)
10-26-13, 05:32 PM
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Given the stem you're using, it looks like you could use a bit shorter head tube.
10-26-13, 05:34 PM
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Thanks but Specialized doesn't offer a smaller head tube in a 61 ...that's what I keep saying ;-) it is what it is and works out fine
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10-26-13, 07:15 PM
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It I find I bike hot, I'll say so.
Sometimes I agree with others sometimes I don't.
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Sometimes I agree with others sometimes I don't.
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