New Look for my Tarmac?
10-30-08, 06:21 PM
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New Look for my Tarmac?
Its hard to tell, but the cable housing is actually chrome. It has a good shine to it.
10-30-08, 06:23 PM
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between the stickers on the frame and that bartape that is some scary ****. The rest is a nice bike but the bar tape is making it look really bad.
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10-30-08, 06:27 PM
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I'd either go all white, all black, or all blue. But personally I think all black would add that "stealthy look." But the current tape setup just looks like a circus.
10-30-08, 06:32 PM
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That tape belongs on a hipster's fixie.
10-30-08, 06:40 PM
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^^^ I wish I was rockin' a tarmac, no doubt.
... just not a tarmac with that tape. Black w/ black saddle, or white w/ white saddle.
... just not a tarmac with that tape. Black w/ black saddle, or white w/ white saddle.
10-30-08, 06:57 PM
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I had pink, then black. Its tape. Its basically free. I change it just for kicks. Fizik sent new tape to the shop I ride for, so on it went.
10-30-08, 07:20 PM
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I had everyone on here tell me that the red/yellow splash tape I had on my 84 trek looked terrible and that I should change it to black. When I was changing the tape out, I bought black tape. I hated how it looked, I'm getting that splash tape again next time.
Get what you like.
Get what you like.
10-30-08, 07:36 PM
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Should see if they can get you some awesome chrome tape. Plain silver would look pretty tite, too. Do they make that saddle in silver?
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10-30-08, 08:08 PM
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plain blue or plain white would be more appropriate. the odd striping draws too much attention to the fact that the stripes are not evenly spaced, imho.
10-30-08, 08:11 PM
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10-30-08, 08:27 PM
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the wide carbon weave is beautiful, and the decals are very flowing with the sloped top tube. its smooth. the tape is not so smooth. its a visual-texture-vector thing.
10-30-08, 09:43 PM
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I think if the tape were blue with white stripes it would look better. As is.... yikes. BUT, it definitely sets your SL2 apart from the rest, which I respect.
10-30-08, 09:56 PM
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Sorry, I agree with everyone that doesn't like the bartape.
10-30-08, 11:09 PM
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Love the set up, but I have to agree with the majority that the tape needs to go.
10-30-08, 11:24 PM
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I think the frame would need more white to pull off the mainly white seat and bars. As is it looks shocking which might be good but I would go for more balance. Still the bike looks great. At this point we are talking about how do we make this super model look better changes.
10-30-08, 11:41 PM
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I hope you can ride like a bat out of hell. Id ride that just to drop people who were more concerned about how a bike looks than how you ride it. Doesn't look terrible to me either.
