the seat bag and stack of spacers detract from the hotness, but that's a nice ride.

Warm.

Ready for some spring cobbles...

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Nice work as per usual @Timo.

Thanks! It went through various changes including new crankset, derailleurs, handlebars, stem and above all thorough cleaning and polishing of the paintwork.

Very nice, but why use a DT shifter for the front derailleur?

they work better and are simpler. you could make the same arguments for the rear, but being able to switch the rear from the bars is a huge advantage.

Lets see how these two fare with the masses...

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Nice looking tarmac and supersix.

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Super, super hot. Great example of how to do a neo-retro bike.

Super HOT! Loving it.

Very very pretty. I once read that in the early days Lance did the DT front shifter thing to save weight.

A lot of riders did it before Armstrong, including Pantani and Ullrich but most notably Zulle and Jalabert with team ONCE...

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I'm aware of that, but wondered why you decided to do so.

This is true, but there are far better ways to drop weight.

Weight wasn't the main reason: those early Shimano STI front shifters were hard to fine-tune. Riders used a down tube shifter on their climbing bikes to avoid chain rub on the front derailleur.

Not. :(

I'm tired of Enve, and never cared much for mostly black bikes, or C'dales, but as such bikes go, I find this one mildly attractive. Not hot, but not not, either. Wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers, as they say

Did you wash the dishes and take the trash out?

Is this hot for a 12 year old in 6th grade?
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Not hot, but mostly because of the setup of the saddle and bars(the handlebar setup issue could be just due to the photograph).

The placement of the levers is a little off(too high), but I would have loved that bike when I was 12.

Tired of ENVE? Please explain.

The levers are too high. But that is where he was most comfortable on the hoods. He also picked the splash. Kids....

Yeah, pic is taken from below the bike. Handlebars are pretty up there, though. The bars and saddle are the result of a retul ($$$) bike fit just a couple of weeks ago. I'm not going to mess that up just to take a picture, though. The intent is to lower the bars more and more as my flexibility improves... but it's just not there yet, and I ride this bike too much to leave it set up for looks.

In fact now that I put the shorter quarq cranks on there I should be OK'd for raising the saddle up another 5mm in a few weeks. It's lower than optimal for knee extension/flexion, but if you optimize for that my tracking goes to crap. So this for now while I learn a different stroke technique, shorter cranks, 10mm longer stem, and then after I get used to (and loosen up my hamstrings) then we can go up to the proper seat hight.