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OK guys dropped the bars like y'all suggested.......I like the way it felt for right now but we will see when I actually ride in a moment....Here's a link.....can someone pull it out of photo bucket again?IMG_20140421_154946_374_zpse65409ca.jpg Photo by TheBoss13913 | Photobucket

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Theboss13

04-21-14 02:08 PM

Thanks!

bdcheung

04-21-14 02:12 PM

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kcollier5

04-21-14 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 16689905)

All my bikes aren't black.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...c02750copy.jpg

This is an 'almost' for me. At first glance I like the bike, but it's probably not a hot. Why: (I think you HAVE to say why or it's of zero benefit to anyone) For starters I don't like the bar shapes - because of their shape, the hoods have to be really high, which looks odd and isn't as practical as it could be. Like most on here, I'm also not a fan of OVERSTATED decals. If you debadged the wheels or ghost badged them, it would look much hotter, imo. Sweet bike, and I'd love to own it (as WhyFi said earlier about a different bike) but not exactly a hot.

Wheee! This thread is back! And there have been some really hot bikes posted. Whooosh, love both bikes you posted. Nicely done. That Lynskey is smokin'! As to dear brother Billy D, I probably shouldn't offer advice to the po-po, as has been stated, but I think if you simply moderated and only stepped in when it gets out of hand, it would be appreciated. We all felt the slap on the wrist and the threat to close this thread forever, and we are (mostly) adults here. I think we'll be fine. As to having to post your bike, when you vote 'Not' well, I've posted mine somewhere in these 700 pages at least once and I think twice, and my fit and the fact I ride a 60cm frame will probably never make my bike hot, regardless of $ spent or aesthetics… Does that mean I shouldn't vote? Aww, c'mon pwetty please? I just like looking at hot bikes. It's one of the only reasons I come here - to drool when I'm stuck in the office and not able to ride… Thanks, BillyD for opening this back up! Sending some man love your way!

RPK79

04-21-14 02:14 PM

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Hot.

Gramin

04-21-14 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kcollier5 (Post 16690471)

Sending some man love your way!

I just lost my lunch...

BillyD

04-21-14 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bdcheung (Post 16690462)

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Flaming HOT! VERY well presented.

bikerjp

04-21-14 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Theboss13 (Post 16690418)

OK guys dropped the bars like y'all suggested.......I like the way it felt for right now but we will see when I actually ride in a moment....Here's a link.....can someone pull it out of photo bucket again?http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/...pse65409ca.jpg

Dropping the bars to achieve some sense of aesthetics probably isn't ideal unless it is feedback that helps you get a better fit out of the bike. I would guess most recreational riders cannot ride with low bars and/or a slammed stem on a properly sized bike but that it is somewhat dependent on the bike. I cannot, for example, slam the stem on my 60cm Evo and be comfortable. It has a fairly short head tube. On a 61cm Synapse I might be much closer to slammed given the longer head tube. A caad tends to have a short head tube (although that one looks somewhat tall, big frame?) meaning more people will end up using more spacers or otherwise have the bars up.

rjones28

04-21-14 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bdcheung (Post 16690462)

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hot

LAJ	04-21-14 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by RPK79 (Post 16690473)

Hot.

Hot

LAJ	04-21-14 03:00 PM

Thanks rjones.

kcollier5, I'm totally good with that. I ran the hoods up so as to maximize how many places I could place my hands. 3-600K rides tend to necessitate stuff like that. At least I don't run clip-on aerobars!

speling_champ

04-21-14 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Silvercivic27 (Post 16687008)

Uh oh, this thread is about to get locked again, isn't it?

Just getting reacquainted with this thread, and this gave me a good laugh.

8086bruce

04-21-14 03:27 PM

Love your bike BD! Hot!

Theboss13

04-21-14 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bikerjp (Post 16690542)

Its a 60.....I just flipped the stem.........I liked it a lot........I just needed to slide the seat forward and tilt the handle bars up a smidge......I did that cause it was easy and I've done NO fit yet.........that fit me better......

Raedyn

04-21-14 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mt_ts (Post 16687203)

I ride this to and from work aka commuter bike. Pictured without commuter gear i.e. lights, etc.

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Hot

Raedyn

04-21-14 04:21 PM

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Raedyn

04-21-14 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by WHOOOSSHHH... (Post 16688179)

LYNSKEY with some new parts...

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Hot

Dheorl

04-21-14 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by bdcheung (Post 16690462)

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Not.

Although I don't like bikes that are mobile billboards this has gone too far in the other direction for my personal taste.

Also my god that valve is long =P

Jeepnut22

04-21-14 04:48 PM

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Well done...

gc3	04-21-14 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Gramin (Post 16689937)

Are you B10's alter ego???

pretty sure you missed my point, no problemo

gc3	04-21-14 05:17 PM

very bueno (but it may be time to do some yard work):

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not quite so bueno (nice colors but entire package not quite so tightly wrapped together):

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Originally Posted by Dheorl (Post 16690128)

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...p;d=1398103402

My Bianchi as it sits at the moment. Just had a clean so figured I'd post one now. There's a few things I'd like to change but don't have the money to spare atm so alterations are being kept to new brakes and cables for safety more than anything else at the moment.

Just had a fit done and he said I could comfortably go down a few more spaces if I wanted to but I kind of like it as is atm.

WHOOOSSHHH...

04-21-14 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by gc3 (Post 16690923)

very bueno:

not quite so bueno:

Don't take this out of context but your Spanish sucks...