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12-19-12, 02:00 AM
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12-19-12, 08:50 AM
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Very nice.
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12-19-12, 09:19 AM
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And now I gained the right to be traditional:
This is my pre-Christmas present from CL - $400 16.6 lbs bike:
I was thniing about red tape and red-striped tires
12-19-12, 10:43 AM
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Wow, for an extra $1, you could have bought a yellow C'dale! I like the wheels, not crazy about the tires. I agree with bianchi10, colored tires can look really cheap. You have to be really careful.
Your new Fuji looks great! Please don't put red tires on it. The black looks great. Red bar tape? Maybe. But not red tape, seat and tires! That's just too much, imo. Also a black and red saddle would look better than the white. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no white on that bike, right? (or silver and red) Fizik makes a black one with the red stripe down the middle...
Your new Fuji looks great! Please don't put red tires on it. The black looks great. Red bar tape? Maybe. But not red tape, seat and tires! That's just too much, imo. Also a black and red saddle would look better than the white. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no white on that bike, right? (or silver and red) Fizik makes a black one with the red stripe down the middle...
12-19-12, 10:49 AM
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Wow, for an extra $1, you could have bought a yellow C'dale! I like the wheels, not crazy about the tires. I agree with bianchi10, colored tires can look really cheap. You have to be really careful.
Your new Fuji looks great! Please don't put red tires on it. The black looks great. Red bar tape? Maybe. But not red tape, seat and tires! That's just too much, imo. Also a black and red saddle would look better than the white. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no white on that bike, right? (or silver and red) Fizik makes a black one with the red stripe down the middle...
Your new Fuji looks great! Please don't put red tires on it. The black looks great. Red bar tape? Maybe. But not red tape, seat and tires! That's just too much, imo. Also a black and red saddle would look better than the white. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no white on that bike, right? (or silver and red) Fizik makes a black one with the red stripe down the middle...
yes. I will hold on red tires for the other one. Will try red tape , since I already ordered it.
12-19-12, 12:14 PM
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As for the stem, I just really, really hate the aesthetics of stems with rise on frames with horizontal top tubes. I'm thinking I'll probably switch to compact drops soon since I have smallish hands and I'm not keen on these current bars, so when I've made that change and gone through the fit session I should be able to tidy up the steerer a little.
I'll admit that anything more than a 6 degree stem flipped up looks pretty bad, but a -17 stem on a modern bike should really be a last resort if there's no other way to get the bars low enough.
12-19-12, 12:19 PM
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Unless you are racing Paris-Roubaix (in which case green Vittoria Paves or green sidewall FMBs are acceptable) colored tires are gross.
Matching bar tape to frame color or details only works if it matches *exactly*.
Matching bar tape to frame color or details only works if it matches *exactly*.
12-19-12, 12:52 PM
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12-19-12, 01:09 PM
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12-19-12, 01:40 PM
Making a kilometer blurry
That Fuji might be the sleeper of the aluminum racing bike world. All anyone speaks of is the CAAD, but those Fujis are great performers in crits and road races and very well priced. I have several teammates who have raced them extensively. Congrats.
12-19-12, 01:48 PM
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i loaned my fuji roubaix (my rainy day bike) to my teamate after he cracked his cf frame...he won a crit and placed in 2 podiums with it...great bikes, and i love mine...and at $400, a hell of a deal...
however, they are not HOT bikes...sorry!
however, they are not HOT bikes...sorry!
12-19-12, 04:55 PM
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I see... The guys who rides them just hot..
12-20-12, 01:33 PM
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The cranks could be more red or just black ...but still Hot.
Probably minus 10 mm of lenght and plus 7 deg of angle to the stem would allow to level levers... (?)
Probably minus 10 mm of lenght and plus 7 deg of angle to the stem would allow to level levers... (?)
12-20-12, 06:21 PM
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levers look fine. hot.
12-20-12, 06:28 PM
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12-20-12, 08:03 PM
Throw the stick!!!!
I love the wheels but for some reason the bike just doesn't do it for me. 
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I think that all of the individual parts are stellar, but the pic doesn't work for me - the slammed -17 stem, the (awesome but thick) brake caliper and the perspective all makes for a crowded-looking front end. I mean, I still think it's hot, but it could be presented a little better.
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I think that all of the individual parts are stellar, but the pic doesn't work for me - the slammed -17 stem, the (awesome but thick) brake caliper and the perspective all makes for a crowded-looking front end. I mean, I still think it's hot, but it could be presented a little better.
12-20-12, 10:04 PM
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Lol yes people who are saying "Eh it doesn't do it for me" are mad
HOT
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