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i like this video even more:

Hot to me. I love the dark blue and white color scheme and I love aero-carbon frames. I don't like the handlebar shape and the behind-stem bag though.

Hot. Would love to see a picture of it slammed though.

I'm trying to be nice here. I'm far harder on folks in the commuting section I have higher expectations of them. Here it's just go faster backwards Felts and 10+ K Parlee's with electric Shimano because shifting with cables is way to hard.

No bikes really to post at the moment. I have the black steel bike I posted a long time ago in this thread and an old mountain bike. I use both for commuting. Nothing really worth presenting here though unfortunately. Starting to get the urge for a new build though. :D

Not gonna happen...my Retul fit says I've maxed out my drop for highest efficiency.

your opinion is welcomed but your logic escapes me...

What's confusing you put probably the most hideous looking Shimano groups (that's saying a lot because Shimano hasn't produced an attractive group in many years) on a perfectly wonderful Parlee.

Thank goodness I'm not the only one.

edit: Oh.

and here I thought it was just grammar...

...true story is I had a great looking nicely lightweight crankset with Praxis rings and Cannondale Hollowgram crankarms...unfortunately some gears were unusable...so I went for effectiveness in this iteration...but I'll remember to switch everything to Campy in the future

That Parlee is perfect good job.

I always like the original matte black finish but I actually like this new paint job much better. HOT.

And nothing less than SR11-EPS. :)

Remove the bags, bottle and pump. Remove the warning sticker on the seat tube. It does look sharp though. Seat height looks a tad bit low? JMHO - Cheers :)

That kestrel is hurting for a tapered fork.

What were they thinking?

What is that?!! Love it. HOT! You probably got me beat in the use of red

Thanks, its a btwin 55cm frame, made in france...they used to be a frame supplier to the pro team Ag2R.
Microshift white red shifter set.
Specialized toupe expert saddle.
Tektro quartz r741 brakes.

glad ppl liked it.

It will set you free

No EPS..at all EVER

Drive side photos please! :) Looks nice - interesting to see a bike with Microshift components.

No it won't Campy is a pain in the donkey... :D

Nice to see microshift. For what it's worth, I had a pair of those wheels a few years ago, the hubs are pretty shoddy and they are very heavy. If you want to stick with vuelta, the corsa lites are far better and only around $200, they also look much nicer if that matters.

Only to the great unwashed ;)

Hey I bathe once a month whether I need it or not. ;)

I wasn't fond of campy because I broke stuff on it a couple of times and I couldn't find parts locally. Ended up being down for a few days while I waited for parts to come in. It's also much more expensive here, so I stick with Shimano and Sram now. I'd like to try Microshift too just for kicks.

Aesthetically they all have good points and bad points for me. Shimano cranks have gotten fugly. Record cranks have always been gorgeous. Not crazy about the shifters of either. Sram is probably the best looking to me across the group.