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02-22-16, 12:10 AM
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02-22-16, 01:13 AM
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I don't know what kind of bottles you use but that looks like plenty of space for even a front-pull bottle cage. Side-pull would be a piece of cake.
02-22-16, 04:01 AM
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Question is, would it be more vain to carry the spare bottle in ones jersey pocket so the bike doesn't look un-hot, or to add a saddle mounted bottle cage so one doesn't look awkward carrying a bottle in ones jersey pocket?
02-22-16, 07:35 AM
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No justice is being done for that Kestrel in that picture. Sharp looking bike, but hard to tell how hot because it is leaning against a sofa at a really weird angle. Can you post a picture with cages and bottles mounted so we can see how much room there actually is?
02-22-16, 05:34 PM
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I posted pics of the bike in this thread, post #21799 , page 872. Basically the bottles always hit the top tube. I've tried different cages. I had a top cap mounted cage, but oftentimes it turned my bottle into a projectile. And the peanut gallery here hated it.
That looks similar size and clearance for bottles as any of my bikes. Are you using 750 ml or 1000 ml bottles or other gigantic water bottles? That may be your issue. A top cap mounted cage looks hideous unless it's a randonneur bike.
Also on smaller frames you may have to angle the bottle a little as you insert it or take it out of the cage. I have to do that on all my bikes, like the one below. If I insist on just yanking the bottles straight up out of the cages, they'll always whack the top tube.
02-22-16, 07:17 PM
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@milkbaby, I really like that Time. Hot.
What's odd to me is that it includes so many components and features that I dislike individually but put together it looks really nice.
I don't think I can recall ever seeing a Time that I disliked.
What's odd to me is that it includes so many components and features that I dislike individually but put together it looks really nice.
I don't think I can recall ever seeing a Time that I disliked.
02-22-16, 07:18 PM
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Not mine. Brian passed away Sat. See thread for more of his work.
02-25-16, 05:50 PM
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Ill just leave this here
02-26-16, 04:23 AM
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02-26-16, 04:41 PM
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logo on the fork
logo on the downtube
logo on the chainstay
logo on the stem
logo on the front of the bars
logo on the tape
logo on the wheels
logo on the seatpost
logo on the seat
no.
logo on the downtube
logo on the chainstay
logo on the stem
logo on the front of the bars
logo on the tape
logo on the wheels
logo on the seatpost
logo on the seat
no.
02-29-16, 10:27 AM
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02-29-16, 10:36 AM
Vain, But Lacking Talent
02-29-16, 11:42 AM
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oh man didn't even notice.
mind = blown
mind = blown
02-29-16, 11:48 AM
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02-29-16, 04:25 PM
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It's really attractive but not quite over the edge to hot for me. The finishing tape is awful, it's almost always ugly and doesn't stick well, should only be used on pro bikes because they're being paid to use it and pimp it even though it's crap. I will say the PRO integrated one piece bar and stem combo is HOT tho.
I'm trying to figure out why it's not hot for me. Maybe a white saddle and white bartape would make it hot.
I'm trying to figure out why it's not hot for me. Maybe a white saddle and white bartape would make it hot.
02-29-16, 05:09 PM
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03-01-16, 06:06 PM
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both of them are HOT, but that supersix especially
03-01-16, 09:05 PM
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03-02-16, 12:56 AM
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Both of you folks are short in height. Small frames! I think that what makes the Specialized harder on the eyes for me is not the yellow on black as much as the sloping top tube on such as small frame. The Cannondale not so much. Again nice bikes and kudos for the Boyd wheelset in photo 2..
03-02-16, 11:56 AM
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I don't care for how the stems appear to be a huge shark with open jaws chomping down on the bars
03-02-16, 03:29 PM
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sameness predominates
03-02-16, 04:59 PM
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This be my race bike as I am a firm believer in "don't race what you can't replace."
Aluminum frame Carbon Fork; whole build is at 16.2lbs as it sits for you WW out there.
Aluminum frame Carbon Fork; whole build is at 16.2lbs as it sits for you WW out there.
