Bottom line:
Everybody plays. Everybody gets a trophy. We don't keep score. We're all winners. yea.

What is that handlebar? 3T Rotundo?

Haven't posted the Spooky in a while. Newer wheels and tires since last time.

Cheers!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps0d8ed9a7.jpg

Not

My budget / main stallion. It's a 2014 Trek Madone 2.1. She rides smooth and picks up nicely, although, I have yet to test anything lighter than her.

Tell me how I can make her hot / hotter. :p

http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1419806133

You should use your Powertap hub as a speed sensor and ditch the wheel magnet.

Which one is the rain bike?:p

2Better staging so its not in the shadows.

The real question is......which one did he piss on.....

http://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...le-riding.html

:lol:

Yeah, I wanted to take it on my driveway facing the woods across my street, but I don't have anything that will stand it upright without obscuring the bike. :(

Try this: Go to the curb and place both wheels against it, in the direction of traffic (drive side out). Turn the crank arms so that the one against the curb is just slightly behind the 6:00 position, so that when you set it down with the wheels tight against the curb, the pedal will set firmly on top of it without spinning. Making the bike as vertical as possible and snug against the curb like that, it should stay up just fine.
You might also just try propping it up against the other side of the mailbox, and taking the picture from a kneeling or squatting position, so that you're looking at it straight instead of down on it. Also, either crop the picture or get closer so it fills the frame.

Thank you sir, I will definitely repost with another following what you said if the sun shines tomorrow!

Damn....

Overcast can actually be better, without all the sharp shadows. Not that it would necessarily look bad in sunshine, but overcast provides much more even lighting (as long as it's not super gray and dark).

I am going to have to give this one a not. Sorry. However if this was a budget build that came with a ridiculously low final cost, then that may change it to the middle ground.

I am sure it's a nice bike. Hot worthy? We will never know because you can't make anything out in the pictures

What does budget have to do with the appearance of the bike though? Whether it is a $500 or $12,000 budget, that has nothing to do with the overall appeal. I have seen plenty of cheap budget bikes looks smoking hot and just as many very expensive builds look horrible based on set up.

Very very true. I take it back :p

I have been busy and have forgotten the rules of this thread.....thanks for whipping me back in shape!

The Spooky isn't getting much love. I'm not sure I can help that...but I'll say that it does have a few nice parts on it.

Lol no problem. I've pulled my opinions waaaaay back over the last 6 months, but I can't let ya slip like that ;-)

Yes!

As for the Spooky, aside from the crankset and stem, I rather like it: hot-ish. It's certainly distinctive. :)

snapped a pic during a ride the other day. one of these days ill get some decent ones with better staging.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps79zfcyfa.jpg

Gold--- green--- anodized red--- brushed grey---- polished silver---- flat black--- gloss black--- Gloss grey

it definitely has that "high end parts bin" style nailed. Quality throughout, without the pretentious matchy-matchy flair.

I like the Spooky...the gold post and green tires throw it off for me though.