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04-23-10, 02:52 PM

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my winter/spring project.

04-25-10, 05:04 PM

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Holy balls, on of the hottest bikes to come through this thread! well done!

04-25-10, 05:06 PM

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Agree. SSRI, that bike is so hot I was afraid my monitor was going to catch fire. Whew!

PS I also like your screen name.

04-25-10, 05:26 PM

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If you like mustard yellow...................sorry but I don't care for it.

04-25-10, 06:01 PM

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Posted a while back, but it's had a drivetrain swap and the hoods are a different color

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04-25-10, 06:04 PM

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Nice man. Hot. Tell me how long those white hoods stay white.

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04-25-10, 06:21 PM

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Posted a while back, but it's had a drivetrain swap and the hoods are a different color

match that crank!

04-25-10, 06:32 PM

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match that crank!

It looks fine. That's a great crank he has. I'm considering switching to force or red, but would still use my DA crank.

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04-25-10, 06:40 PM

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Nice man. Hot. Tell me how long those white hoods stay white.

I must have gotten some grease on my hands when transferring stuff - long story short, hoods got super dirty, I took a wet rag (just water, no soap, no simple green) scrubbed a little, and the hoods looked like new.

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04-25-10, 06:46 PM

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Posted a while back, but it's had a drivetrain swap and the hoods are a different color

Nice! Where do you ride around here? You'd think I'd see that bike on at least a few rides!

04-25-10, 06:49 PM

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It looks fine. That's a great crank he has. I'm considering switching to force or red, but would still use my DA crank.

matter of opinion i guess. i absolutely hate how the shimano cranks look, love me my red.

04-25-10, 06:50 PM

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Yeah, that's cool. I want blue hoods kinda. Kinda. Sorta. I really do want to get some red shifters and force derailleurs though. I love being able to get a pro deal on everything.

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04-25-10, 06:56 PM

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That's pretty much my dream bike right there. Definitely HOT.

04-25-10, 06:58 PM

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matter of opinion i guess. i absolutely hate how the shimano cranks look, love me my red.

I understand. I figure my 7800 crank is probably as stiff as if not stiffer than red crank. With the stock rings anyway. Plus it's light. And I already have it.

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04-25-10, 07:56 PM

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And I already have it.

One of the biggest factors for sticking with my crank--

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04-25-10, 08:00 PM

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Nice! Where do you ride around here? You'd think I'd see that bike on at least a few rides!

Wellllllll, technically I live outside of Chillicothe and I run up to Cbus on weekends to ride with my grandfather, although I haven't been up in a while for riding (mainly just passing through on the way to Cleveland.)

Are you free on the weekends? We should ride together sometime!

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04-25-10, 08:02 PM

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Yeah, that's cool. I want blue hoods kinda. Kinda. Sorta. I really do want to get some red shifters and force derailleurs though. I love being able to get a pro deal on everything.

I got a pretty good deal on the shifters and fd.... I had a credit at Performance that basically covered the cost of the rd.

Why not get a red rd? (I understand why for the fd)

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04-25-10, 08:17 PM

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Most of the benefits of red (zero loss on the rear) is in the shifter. The only thing you gain with a red rd is lighter weight. Force fd is better than the red one anyway.

04-25-10, 08:34 PM

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04-25-10, 08:37 PM

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Hawt....thank you Rad/55 for the inspiration....white bar tape and red hudz coming soon

04-25-10, 08:37 PM

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I got a pretty good deal on the shifters and fd.... I had a credit at Performance that basically covered the cost of the rd.

Why not get a red rd? (I understand why for the fd)

What mike said. Cost difference is huge.

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04-25-10, 08:39 PM

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Most of the benefits of red (zero loss on the rear) is in the shifter. The only thing you gain with a red rd is lighter weight. Force fd is better than the red one anyway.

I guess it just depends on what the price point is then - it's really too bad that they haven't taken care of the Ti issue with the red fd because the red group is pretty impressive by even the most strict ww's.

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04-25-10, 08:40 PM

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What mike said. Cost difference is huge.

gotcha-

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04-25-10, 08:41 PM

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matter of opinion i guess. i absolutely hate how the shimano cranks look, love me my red.

To each their own i guess..I ride Red cranks and would trade them for DA 7900 compacts at the same price any day but I can find Red for half (or less) the cost of DA 7900.