To be completely honest, I don't mind the 2014 team bikes. I might consider buying one if it came with a free Jens Voigt attached.

I dig it, but it'd look much better with that new crank!

White is pro! Do it! Just wash your hands a lot and never touch your chain. If you drop your chain just get off the bike and look around frantically and point at it until the sag vehicle arrives.

Do you have any appreciation for the hilarity of your comment? How much time Luis would spend standing on the side of the road? Or, how many times this could result in the "call of shame"?

I'd like to change my vote to: "Hot! Until the first chain drop." :roflmao2: :D

This is genuinely funny! :lol: lets just say I have not really used the bike yet. Tomorrow we will see!

Does no one else just shift the chain back on if it drops off (other than between the cassette and spokes) without having to touch the chain?

Yes, I have become quite good at it too. Although it has scratched the crap out of crank arm and bottom bracket shell...

Not if it gets sucked up and jammed between the front chainring and chainstay!

that has been my first (and last) dropped chain and that freaking thing got JAMMED up in there, it really sucked to get it out.

Like the bike, hate the team paint scheme (even though I like white).

i love the paint/color scheme. dislike the labeling on the fork, seat & chain stays.
i'll still give it a hot.

I really liked this color scheme when Rabobank was still active, liked the color switch to Belkin colors, & love the Giant/Shimano even more.

I think Giant generally picks great color for their teams.

Thanks for the HOTs! I just can't wait to ride it tomorrow. Can't sleep. Although the color scheme is loud, the bike is understated. Does that make any sense?

Great bike for sure! It doesn't jump at me. you put a white saddle and white bar tape and I think it will pop much more. I know, I know....white=dirty. Not always. You can use tape like Fizik mircotex. Its glossy and therefor you can simply wipe off any dirt at the end of a ride. Use a degreaser spray and towel and boom bam, clean as new.

I cant get passed that stem either. Each time I look over the bike, my eye keeps going to that stem. Never cared much for the sprinter stems.

I REALLY think white saddle/bar tape would help a lot.

Sounds like you caught same bug Froome has.
:lol:

awesome catch! ha, ha

Nice stand out from the crowd bike! Other than the sagging rear brake cable it gets a hot from me

@lsberrios1-Just for kicks, I thought I would give a visual of what YOUR bike would look like with white Tape and saddle (And different stem)

MUCH better in MY PERSONAL opinion.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...sxr/Second.jpg

that was a good catch! lol

Agree on the stem being ugly. It's just too fat looking. Otherwise hot bike.

And that's saying something. Correct me if i'm wrong but i seem to recall that on most bikes you'd swap white saddles, tape and stems to black. So just go for it :) bianchi10's permission is all you need. But in all seriousness, i think he's right.

Thanks!

I like it a lot. I have to say that white is definitely the color to go with when it comes to this frameset but I still can't get over the greyish saddle after riding on the rain or sweaty black bibs. While the white may look better in white, I am still in love with it a great deal. I can't wait for it to have the new saddle.


:lol: It will stay like this for now. The beauty of all of this is it can be changed without having to buy a new bike! Kind of like making your wife dye her hair so you think she's someone else!

Hot on the giant.

Any difference you've noticed coming from a spec? That stem is thick, as it's also on my bike. The 2013 stems have been redesigned to be a little thinner. Unfortunately you don't have much choices with stems, due to od2.

Well I am extremely delighted with the bike. Although the difference in speed is pretty much negligible it is pretty much the feel of the bike and new gearing that is amazing! Went for a short ride this morning. It was 23F with wind chill advisory of 11. I am not joking at all, even with the 3 layers of clothing, having to slow down at the red light and cutting short on a segment because I did not know where it ended, I managed to get 4th place on the overal rankings of two local segments. I know, I know strava is for posers etc. but the bike is seriously fast.

That being said, I could have probably managed almost the same on the roubaix. The biggest difference is the smoothness in shifting from the "old" 6700 to the 9000. It is worlds appart. Then there is responsiveness of frame which is slightly better and comfort which believe it or not I like better on the TCR.

I am going again later to take those KOMs, one of them hopefully will not get me on a red light, and the other one I'll finish it through.

And thanks for the HOT, yours is too :thumb:

I'm with you, at first glance I don't find the paint and decal job that appealing but it is unique and it does grow on you. Mostly though I can appreciate what an incredible build and bike this will be for you. Fantastic wheels (powertap right?), and the nicest non-electronic group in the business :)

Thanks Robby. Yes they are Powertap. And I will tell you this, If somebody had told me that this group was electric and I wouldn't have known any better, I would have believed it. IT IS INSANE! I dare say it shifts smoother and with less effort than Di2 6700 that I tried!

This does look better. Don't like the off set rim depths though.
Cheers