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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 08-20-15, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Alias530
I'm just giving you a hard time. On another forum I'm on we absolutely tear into each others bikes like that. I have a mismatched groupset on every bike I own and a saddle bag on most of them, I'd just take it off for a pic though
Well you didn't use the sarcasm font...

No worries its all good.
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Old 08-20-15, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by dnslater
Just changed wheels on my Guru.
What kind of makes this for me, and I really would not have thought it would, is the retro looking Brooks saddle on an otherwise (really nice) modern build. What model Brooks is that?
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Old 08-20-15, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ravenmore
What kind of makes this for me, and I really would not have thought it would, is the retro looking Brooks saddle on an otherwise (really nice) modern build. What model Brooks is that?
Thanks. It is actually a B-17 which I cut and tied to look like a Swallow. These saddles aren't really designed for drops, but I find it comfortable and like the look with the Ti/Black build. Wife is also into biking and thinks I am crazy for recently buying 1450 gram wheelset when my saddle weighs 500 grams.
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Old 08-20-15, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Btack26
New ride. Be gentle.

Not. Too much yellow for me.

Ok, kidding. Bike is nicely done, not what I would call hot though. Chainring isn't hot, overall it's a nice bike, just meh. Not much to kick into the 'Hot' stratosphere...
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Old 08-20-15, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dnslater
.....and a new build for my wife,

Stripped and rebrushed an old frame, and put new stickers on, green scheme was her idea. TT seat and carbon post is temporary. Considering a polished Thomson.
gotta go sweetpost with green hardware
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Old 08-20-15, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by C Law
gotta go sweetpost with green hardware
I'm not even going to tell my wife those exist.
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Originally Posted by kcollier5
Not. Too much yellow for me.

Ok, kidding. Bike is nicely done, not what I would call hot though. Chainring isn't hot, overall it's a nice bike, just meh. Not much to kick into the 'Hot' stratosphere...
I am not much of a fan of the chainring myself, new crankset is on the Winter upgrade list, along with new wheelset.
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Originally Posted by Btack26
New ride. Be gentle.

Although many of the bikes shown here aren't to my taste, I can figure why some people might think they are hot. But this one? It looks respectable, but someone is going to have to explain to me how it's supposed to be hot.
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Originally Posted by kbarch
Although many of the bikes shown here aren't to my taste, I can figure why some people might think they are hot. But this one? It looks respectable, but someone is going to have to explain to me how it's supposed to be hot.
To each his own. New around here and just looking to participate, didn't realize there was a minimum criteria to post.... Noted.
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Just a little too 'stock'; but I do like a nice crisp white bike. Enjoy it!
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Cannondale CAAD 9, size 56. Only the frame and bars are stock. Training machine and crit beast.

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Originally Posted by Btack26
To each his own. New around here and just looking to participate, didn't realize there was a minimum criteria to post.... Noted.
Well, the 'minimum criteria' is that it be somehow better than average, more than just decent - that it stand out somehow. Usually folks go for either flashy or refined, cutting-edge or nostalgic, but if this bike is aiming for a look, I can't tell what it is. Does that make sense? Maybe "not going for a look" is what's attractive?

By the way, kudos for posing it against a yellow background. It makes everything far more legible than a white garage door would have.
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Originally Posted by Timo
This is HOT! I absolutely love the location. And the way that sign shows up... Wait, a bike? There's a bike in that photo? Hang on, let me look again...

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Oh, yeah! There is a Merlin Extra Light with a matching colored stem... Hmm, gumwalls, check. Saddle, eww, not so good. Classic frame, nice components, yikes on the saddle and not great wheels, not a hot bike, but a nice one nonetheless. And hey, I assume the hills of France? Where better to ride? So HOT! (just not the bike)
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Originally Posted by Btack26
To each his own. New around here and just looking to participate, didn't realize there was a minimum criteria to post.... Noted.
Fair warning. This thread is not, under any circumstances, to be taken too seriously.
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Originally Posted by Joskovic
Cannondale CAAD 9, size 56. Only the frame and bars are stock. Training machine and crit beast.


Hot.


I saw a Thin Lizzy cover band called "Jailbreak" at a bar in Eindhoven.
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Old 08-21-15, 06:20 PM
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Few changes since the last time ...

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Finally finished the build and I'm happy with the look.

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Old 08-22-15, 03:40 PM
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Few changes since the last time ...

I love the wheels and I love the tires, but I think that together it's too busy. You get the black rim, the white, varying COSMIC logo, the gumwall sides, then the black tops. Too much.
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Originally Posted by arben
I love the wheels and I love the tires, but I think that together it's too busy. You get the black rim, the white, varying COSMIC logo, the gumwall sides, then the black tops. Too much.
Or too little. The bar tape could be as dazzling.
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Originally Posted by arben
I love the wheels and I love the tires, but I think that together it's too busy. You get the black rim, the white, varying COSMIC logo, the gumwall sides, then the black tops. Too much.
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*that* is more like it. The logos look great with the frame, I think.
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Originally Posted by kcollier5
Oh, yeah! There is a Merlin Extra Light with a matching colored stem... Hmm, gumwalls, check. Saddle, eww, not so good. Classic frame, nice components, yikes on the saddle and not great wheels, not a hot bike, but a nice one nonetheless. And hey, I assume the hills of France? Where better to ride? So HOT! (just not the bike)
LOL, ceramic+ rims and Campagnolo Record hubs described as "not great" that's a novelty.

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^I'm so sorry! I didn't see your ceramic hubs. Those are awesome.

Except they are still not great looking wheels, sorry. Just my opinion, but ya did kinda ask for it... Bike looks like a great bike, but not what I would term Hot.
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Originally Posted by silversx80
Finally finished the build and I'm happy with the look.

Lynskey R240 Final Form by silversx80, on Flickr
I'm not a fan of what they are doing with the head tube now. If memory serves, they did the same thing at Litespeed for like one year, then switched back to standard head tube, after numerous warranty claims of the head tube cracking. Hopefully, they sorted it out for this new incarnation. Aside from that, I'm not a fan of how it looks, or the complexity of replacing a headset versus on a standard tube.

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