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06-06-16, 12:04 AM
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With the gearing on that BMC, you must live in a very hilly or mountainous area.
06-06-16, 05:15 PM
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06-06-16, 05:55 PM
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Let's see if I can get some love here now that there's no visible dirt on my bike and I don't have the bottle cages of a dirty worthless peasant.
06-06-16, 07:11 PM
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Funny; the colors and graphics are kind of funky, but I like them - especially the big round stickers on the forks, but I hate the way the forks are so massive compared to what looks to be a frame otherwise made entirely of seat stay tubing. The bars, stem, computer & brifters assembly looks kinda massive too on that frame. Those proportions may be inelegant, but they're almost appealingly goofy.
06-06-16, 07:41 PM
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Funny; the colors and graphics are kind of funky, but I like them - especially the big round stickers on the forks, but I hate the way the forks are so massive compared to what looks to be a frame otherwise made entirely of seat stay tubing. The bars, stem, computer & brifters assembly looks kinda massive too on that frame. Those proportions may be inelegant, but they're almost appealingly goofy.
I just put some thick new tape on the bars, think I'll stay with the fizik superlight stuff in the future. I put the round sticker on there, it's from the best bike cartoon ever, Yowamushi Pedal. I always kinda liked the look of an oversized front end on steel bikes though, like with the Raleigh Grand Vitesse.
06-08-16, 11:43 AM
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Well updates call for a new photo I guess. Not the clearest photo but here it goes Put Enve 3.4 SES clincher set and went on a 90 mile 9500 feet climb. They feel amazing!
Put Enve 3.4 SES clincher set and went on a 90 mile 9500 feet climb. They feel amazing!
06-08-16, 01:31 PM
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06-08-16, 02:13 PM
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1994 Litespeed Tachyon (wrong decal from previous owner...) with 6800 and a Wound Up fork.
06-08-16, 04:32 PM
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Merlin Extralight, Zipp 404 tubs glued to Veloflex, 10 speed cassette and downtube shifters. Dura Ace 7400 brake levers, Selle SLR saddle without its leather. 15.24 lbs
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06-08-16, 06:28 PM
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Mods can go ahead and close this thread now. Like someone is going to be able to post something hotter than this. Pssshhhh.
06-08-16, 06:32 PM
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06-09-16, 05:48 AM
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Nice photography Gurk700
06-09-16, 01:48 PM
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06-09-16, 01:59 PM
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Hot and super classy. While I like the Wound Up fork crowns in abstract, there are few bikes it seems to look good with, and yours is one of the few where it really works. Looks awesome with the silver headset.
06-09-16, 03:36 PM
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Dis good. I have a custom bike in 725 tubing coming in October that is getting the 10 speed + Dura Ace DT shifters treatment. Don't see any of those on the road ever.
06-09-16, 05:03 PM
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06-09-16, 06:49 PM
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Quick picture from the end of a ride. Breaking a few rules (chainring and etc.) but throwing this out there for now. I want to get the new Dura Ace Di2 on it eventually (whenever it finally comes out). Any suggestions?
06-09-16, 06:56 PM
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IMHO unfortunately there's nothing that can turn a Roubaix/CGOBLR combination 'hot', but at least it looks functional, and the red is nice.
06-09-16, 08:58 PM
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Thanks. The downtube shifters make me feel like I'm 15 again. They shouldn't be that fun, but they really are.
06-09-16, 09:00 PM
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