indyfabz

I am seriously hoping that something in the background is playing tricks on us. Seriously hoping.

Capo72

Not Hot!
Nice, bike. Maybe start a thread that says here's my bike; looking for suggestions for cable management. 1 or 2 pics of a well staged bike with no accessories on it would be a better post for "Hot or Not"

Zaskar

Gotta score this one a "NOT" - The nuts hanging on the saddle have to go. 90% of guys and 100% of women will think it's ******y.

Maybe castrate that saddle and reshoot the pic with a cleaner background and try again. The garage door gets made fun of, but it works.

GlennR

^^^^^^^^
This

indyfabz

Excuse my ignorance, but what are those things?

indyfabz

What he needs to do is tidy up that yard.

Jadesfire 

+1, and I've never offered an opinion on anything in this thread.

Sometimes, along with being the most obnoxious accessory on any machine just on their own, they can also flash colorful lights.

indyfabz

They look stupid.


Honestly, between the light, the balls, the stem cap, the messed up cables, the bad photos, the bad background and the general not-hotness of the bike, I think this is a joke posting. I mean, how could anyone in their right mind truly think that bike is hot?

Jadesfire 

He can think it's hot all he wants, I guess, it's just not in this thread. Like going on a date, you take a shower and brush your hair. You don't wear sweatpants. Put a little effort into it, Mr. Cannondale.

Esthetic

How she closed out 2017 with the stock aero handlebars. New cockpit planned for the spring:
Deda Supperleggera and black Fizik Performance bar tape.

Maelochs

I love the black-and-gray Giant TCR (which could well be the kiss of death) but I agree it needs some tape .... how about in gunmetal gray? I have Deda tape in both silver and gray and either would work to my eye.

I don't mind the discs (in fact would love to build another disc bike) and the Dura-Ace crank perfectly matches the paint.

cat0020

Needs a red saddle, then it would flow.

Esthetic

The graphics are a fluoro red, and closest tape i could match this was Specialized Rocket Red Roubaix tape. I knew i wanted to upgrade the handlebars so they would be rewrapped at some point anyways, but was tapped out at the time i installed the groupset and a $200 Romin Evo Pro Team in the matching color is quite the long term commitment...haha. Still not opposed to picking that up...just praying for a deal to pop up.

TimothyH

The BMC needs less red, not more.

The frame is subtle but beautiful in its own right and garish red parts easily overpower it. Some nice matte black tape will be fine and help the frame to stand out.

Lose the white cages for the same reason. Matte black or grey will be fine.

Get the light off the bar and put it under an out-front mount.

Put the chain on the big front ring and middle sprocket in the rear when you photograph the bike. The derailleur is all folded up with it crosschained small/small. It is Dura Ace for crying out loud - let it show.


-Tim-

Zaskar

Trying this again (media fail)...

Scott Foil; 6800 mech, SRM, C'dale Hollowgram wheels; requisite garage door pic:

kbarch

I agree that it needs less red, but disagree about the cages - I think the white looks fine. Not keen on the shape, though.
I'm all for colored tape when it works, but it's not helping here. I like white, and it might look OK here, but black is definitely the safer bet. What might be interesting would be a something like oxblood. I think Brooks made cordovan leather tape, but it's probably hard to come by and you probably want something less vintage-y for this.

TimothyH

Cordovan?

evan326

That is the idea, it's just to be funny. They also are my emergency light when I'm riding home from work in the dark. It certainly gets people's attention.
Thanks for giving me some direction to work in!

Capo72

This is a great point and should be standard operating procedure for Hot r Not.

ksole7

Fuego!

toavii

Build finished until winter is over and I can get it on the road. Have at it...

cycledogg

Nice. But I'm not into that color scheme or gummies

kbarch

It's not all that "not," but that geometry, that color scheme.... Looks very... ummm... special.

slowjamz

HOT.. Not feeling the saddle though. Too modern, clashes with the quill stem, would be A+ with a vintage flite saddle and a little angle on the levers. ALSO, hate the bartape because you can see the unfinished edges, SO many better tape options these days.

growlerdinky

Hot. The only thing I would entertain the idea of changing would be to swap out the silver headset bits, and derailleur cable stops with black, but that's it.