This bike has the potential to be hot.
If you stage it properly, & conform to the "rules" of this thread it could be hot.
Still a nice bike.

Curious about the shorter stem...
Wouldn't a shorter stem put more pressure on your back?
For me, if the stem is too short, I feel to crunched/scrunched up.
I prefer my back to be closer to straight, rather than curved. I don't have to be down low like the pros, but a straight back is much better for me.
I have a wonky back as well, but I went with a long stem.
(Started with 100, now I'm @ 120)

I was thinking the exact same thing.
Nice looking bike!

Very nice!!! Nice to see custom bikes here, they don't get enough love in this forum.

when the fitter did my fitting after assessing my flexibility (especially my lower back from an injury) and range of motion, she felt the shorter stem would work better for me, and so far I'm very happy with it.

I'm going to give anything that's straight black/white/silver/gray a thumbs down. You're going to have to do something to really make your bike stand out.


>Implying my opinion even matters. :-)

Strange...
I have lower back pain as well.
Our bodies, are not all alike, so I'm not trying to say your fit is wrong.
I have a long torso, & average length legs, so longer works better for me.

I often have a hard time getting a bike to fit right, not quite S/M (toe overlap), not quite M/L(not too much seat post exposed
). I usuall have to go with 54cm cause 53-53.5 is getting hard to find now. I need that longer top tub.


Enjoy that sweet ride!

I'm two days late with a rebuttal...I can't tell if you're serious or being sarcastic? If you're serious, please realize my comment was 100% sarcastic. So to answer your questions, yes, I have a great appreciation for the hilarity of my comment because it was hilarious. :)

You need to stop working so much! haven't seen you around much lately

I know, I've been occupied with other crap...good news, I put in 8.5 hours on the bike this week, so at least I'm getting back in the swing of things.

I've been trying to eat better this year...it's amazing how much time goes into finding recipes that are healthy and then attempting to cook them. Pizza is so much easier.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=361621

Here's my ride with its race wheels on. It's got a number hanger on the frame. I'm a 37-year-old cat 3, got a bit of the old school. It weighs 15.25 lbs with a 60 cm frame.

I give it a hot!
You make 60cm look good!
I'm a fan of the 7800 series too. :thumb:

I've seen that bike on a Heroner's ride if I recall correctly. Hot! I actually remember saying very nice ride going up Seminole at the beginning of the ride.

Thanks, Ricanfred and Ghost Ryder. Ricanfred, yes, I remember that ride -- I think we were talking about the MotoGP documentaries -- Faster and Fastest -- later in the ride. Late August or early September? Ghost Ryder, agreed, long live 7800.

^HOT

Its weird how this is those of were the last years before everything went sloping geometry. You can actually create large frames without massively tall head tubes by doing the opposite of sloping geometry (where the top tube slants downward toward the head tube). Its hell to fit riders with short legs long torsos, but might be the answer for those who are the opposite with long legs and medium/shorter torsos if they want a traditional frame without a tall head tube. I remember my old 1999 5200 in USPS colors and even the small frames had that geometry. very aesthetically appealing in a traditional sense.

Traded another bike for this one. I like the colors better.

http://i.imgur.com/kVeeNMa.jpg

Hot Trek

Saddle is waaaay too far forward.

...and the color combo makes me dizzy for some reason...

Could be that particular batch of Mavic Ksy logos - looks like the rims are moving...

Got possibilities IMO, clean lines and nicely unobnoxious for a Trek..., although I'm ambivalent about the the look after removing only one of Zipp decals.

Slam the stem. Also, how tall are you? The saddle looks really high.

hot

Looks high due to the virtual top tube. DOH!

Hawt ... :thumb:

^ that Appleman is really something

Now for something completely different. Changed out the white cockpit to black.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1...128_134339.jpg

I would say the Cinelli is warm. That Thomson seatpost is not helping the matters :)