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Old 01-18-15, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Doge
I understand not everyone can visualize...I put on a cheap black tire/wheel for you.
I was thinking the rims, not the tires, make it a messenger bike. Mercury = messenger of the gods - get it?
But seriously, the mis-matched tires do add to a messenger's bike look.
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Old 01-18-15, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Doge
I understand not everyone can visualize...I put on a cheap black tire/wheel for you.
Can you understand that it defeats the point of the thread to suggest, "well, just imagine it with a better looking ________" or "a more appropriate ________"?
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Old 01-18-15, 09:42 AM
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No money for tires. Spent it all on the Enve aero road bar and the Extralite stem.
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Let's just put it out there now. No flat black carbon bike is hot.
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Old 01-18-15, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Doge
I like it, but then again I own one and they're solid racing machines.
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Originally Posted by Lazyass
Let's just put it out there now. No flat black carbon bike is hot.
You're entitled to your opinion.. .and so am I.


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Old 01-18-15, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by hack
I like it, but then again I own one and they're solid racing machines.
You know why it was purchased. I thought it looked good too. The stem is about the nicest piece of machine I have seen. Holding it, suddenly carbon feels so heavy.
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Old 01-18-15, 01:29 PM
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This is my new Lynskey R230. Got a super deal on the frame / fork / seatpost. Built it up with the campy / sram parts and wheels off another carbon craigslist bike that was too big.

I have this and a Roubaix. The Roubaix looks like every other one out there, so no point in asking if it's hot or not. It's not.
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Old 01-18-15, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Doge
New frame, stem, bars and cables (Cordz). The rest were moved from the MASI. I will change out that front tire in a bit, but its a nice beautiful silk so that will take me some working up to do.

She will weigh in just under 14lbs with the cages, pedals. As pictured she does not have the rear wire, junction box and battery and those weigh under 3oz. I can cut another 2oz with some bolt swapping and 1oz if we slam the stem. She has only been ridden around the block so far.
It/she's a not, but here is a cup of bunny and a monkey pickle.

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ppl are really hating on that nice ass matte finish Venge b/c of mismatched tires... lol

why again do most regular folks hate cyclists and think we're all a bunch of obnoxious elitist snobs again?
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Originally Posted by bigdo13
ppl are really hating on that nice ass matte finish Venge b/c of mismatched tires... lol

why again do most regular folks hate cyclists and think we're all a bunch of obnoxious elitist snobs again?
No, some people are hating on the presentation with mismatched tires, others dislike it because they're not fans of the Spec Squatting Dog, and still others dislike the matte finish/colorway. Above all, though, you need to keep in mind that this is a thread entirely devoted to aesthetics and posting is literally an invitation to judge. As such, higher standards are expected.
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Old 01-18-15, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
No, some people are hating on the presentation with mismatched tires, others dislike it because they're not fans of the Spec Squatting Dog, and still others dislike the matte finish/colorway. Above all, though, you need to keep in mind that this is a thread entirely devoted to aesthetics and posting is literally an invitation to judge. As such, higher standards are expected.
Exactly. This isn't the polite introductions thread, it's the opinion thread.

It's not 'hating' really, and the critiques are invited, but sometimes one does wonder whether our eagerness to judge and the tone of some comments here may be indicative of a prevailing judgmental, snobbish attitude outside such threads.

While it's pleasant to look at pretty bikes, showing off would-be perfect ones only results in boosts of confidence and inspirations at best; inflated egos and inflamed envy are just as likely. Maybe if the thread was more "What can I do to improve this bike?" and less "Isn't this bike awesome?" then people would be friendlier. But it's "Hot r Not," so here we are.
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Old 01-18-15, 03:47 PM
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Looks like a big graffiti tag. It's not my preferred style, and while I find it rather comical, somehow I'm compelled to give it a Hot. Hot like a popozuda.
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Old 01-18-15, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Doge
New frame, stem, bars and cables (Cordz). The rest were moved from the MASI. I will change out that front tire in a bit, but its a nice beautiful silk so that will take me some working up to do.

She will weigh in just under 14lbs with the cages, pedals. As pictured she does not have the rear wire, junction box and battery and those weigh under 3oz. I can cut another 2oz with some bolt swapping and 1oz if we slam the stem. She has only been ridden around the block so far.

I don't understand why so many people are giving that bike a not. I LOVE how it looks. The paint, wheels, frame, everything
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Old 01-18-15, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
No, some people are hating on the presentation with mismatched tires, others dislike it because they're not fans of the Spec Squatting Dog, and still others dislike the matte finish/colorway. Above all, though, you need to keep in mind that this is a thread entirely devoted to aesthetics and posting is literally an invitation to judge. As such, higher standards are expected.
Agree above quote. Also, please note the finish end of the right hand bar tape. Looks like white tape was used? The bike could be hot, but not from me.
Cheers
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Originally Posted by kbarch
Looks like a big graffiti tag. It's not my preferred style, and while I find it rather comical, somehow I'm compelled to give it a Hot. Hot like a popozuda.
Isn't every bike maker up to graffitify their frames
Thanks anyway. My crit bike
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Moots is cool.
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Originally Posted by TexMac
Isn't every bike maker up to graffitify their frames
I meant the lines/shape of the whole thing, especially with the SMP saddle like a curvy serif the way taggers do their letters sometimes. The normally fussy drivetrain components get lost in the honkin' big stays and disc of a chain wheel, and the white spokes make the slick wheels look more bold and abstracted, too, so you hardly have to squint your eyes and it looks more like a loose, graphic gesture than a solid machine.
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Old 01-18-15, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by rideBjj



This is my new Lynskey R230. Got a super deal on the frame / fork / seatpost. Built it up with the campy / sram parts and wheels off another carbon craigslist bike that was too big.

I have this and a Roubaix. The Roubaix looks like every other one out there, so no point in asking if it's hot or not. It's not.
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Originally Posted by Doge
For an aero bike not the worst in the world, but aero bike are...eh normally so it's an eh. It is nicer than my bike though if that helps

Originally Posted by sced
I generally steer away from making negative comments but that is just about the ugliest bike I have ever seen. I know it's supposed to be all aero and all with the fat x-sections, but it just looks like a big bloat, like its inflated with a compressor.
When I see aero bikes all I think of are these memes \/

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