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baj32161 02-14-10 08:50 AM

How come you are in the small ring in that pic....cmon Pcad, you know the rules:D.

hao 02-14-10 09:05 AM


Originally Posted by Lectron (Post 10401532)
Ha ha..he has one of the better framesets available with a cool looking color scheme and all you can see is a bloody toupe?

Red/white/black is a cool color scheme? What else do you think is cool? Pocket protectors? Calculator watches? Freaking freds.

Kai Winters 02-14-10 09:08 AM

Nice bike...
Love the bench and table to the right of it...

rumrunn6 02-14-10 09:12 AM

holy smokes!

Lectron 02-14-10 09:19 AM


Originally Posted by hao (Post 10401616)
Red/white/black is a cool color scheme? What else do you think is cool? Pocket protectors? Calculator watches? Freaking freds.

I just love calculator watches...specially those with thermometer and altimeter......and smoke alarm...don't forget smoke alarm
http://www.bofunk.com/media/images/touchy.jpg
Touchy are we http://terrengsykkel.no/ubb/images/g...ault/rotfl.gif

rollin 02-14-10 09:25 AM

I need a watch with a smoke alarm.

Yaniel 02-14-10 09:29 AM


Originally Posted by midgetmaestro (Post 10401374)
And the advantage is? (sucking? not being able to easily find bikes? haha)

when you find them, they look a lot better. anything over a 54-56 looks goofy to me, and the smaller the better.

BillyD 02-14-10 09:44 AM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 10400028)

Obviously we're on to a different topic here but let's step back for a sec.

Of course the generation gap has a lot to do with it, but to me the bike looks way classier with these wheels. The zipps just aren't doing it on this bike -- too gawdy. Zipps look better on a gawdy frame, like the Cervelo for instance.

But that's just me.

botto 02-14-10 10:00 AM

scotts are anything but elegant.

BillyD 02-14-10 10:11 AM

True enough, but the zipps don't help them out any.

hao 02-14-10 10:13 AM


Originally Posted by botto (Post 10401767)
scotts are anything but elegant.

pcad is anything but elegant.

Lectron 02-14-10 10:56 AM

Wouldn't a Hong Fu save you some money and look just as cool?

http://www.hongfu-bikes.com/Upload/P...9233529779.jpg

datlas 02-14-10 11:21 AM

Nice looking bike.

Too bad it's not titanium.

spry 02-14-10 11:26 AM

Probably the most coveted wooden bench in the forum.
Get the filthy bike out of the living room.

Terex 02-14-10 11:34 AM


Originally Posted by slothlike (Post 10400408)
Crank is nice and stiff but look horrible.

I agree, although it doesn't look too bad on pcad's Scott. The new Ultegra may be described as the bauhaus version of the older DA 7800, but really it's more the Bizarro Superman version - at least when it comes to looks.

Every time Colorado Cyclist puts their remaining stock of DA 7800C (the carbon clad 7800), I have to talk myself out of buying one. Classic Campy designs aside, it's the pinnacle of crank design and performance.

Banzai 02-14-10 11:35 AM

Must have been a nice Christmas bonus this year.

This will likely be the first time I've ever actually asked why anyone needs another bike...but really...this is pretty much the same bike as the Cervelo.

The only real difference is marketing and labeling.

Now that you have 2 pro-peloton level road bikes, and a hardtail MTB, you need to get: A full-suspension MTB, and a nice cross bike, and then you can start really fredding out by adding a touring bike, and some form of internal gear hub commuter job. After that you can fully immerse yourself in a (late) mid-life crisis by purchasing some horribly color coordinated fixed gear bike and some skinny jeans to go with it.

Imagine the possibilities.

Banzai 02-14-10 11:40 AM


Originally Posted by Lectron (Post 10401872)
Wouldn't a Hong Fu save you some money and look just as cool?

http://www.hongfu-bikes.com/Upload/P...9233529779.jpg

I know you posted this as a jab at PCad...but I checked out their website, and they have a cross frame with chainstay mounted disc tabs that would be perfect for a project I'm working on.

I wonder if it's even possible for an individual to order from them...

Issaquatch 02-14-10 11:48 AM


Originally Posted by patentcad (Post 10400548)

Wow. Now this is a lot better. The deep section wheels totally change the way this bike looks.

coasting 02-14-10 11:52 AM

pcad

that scott looks like the pretty sister of that ugly cervelo you put in that spot last year.

more seriously, why would you have a bike weighing machine? that is utter road nazism and deserving of professional analysis.

botto 02-14-10 11:54 AM


Originally Posted by Terex (Post 10401982)
I agree, although it doesn't look too bad on pcad's Scott. The new Ultegra may be described as the bauhaus version of the older DA 7800, but really it's more the Bizarro Superman version - at least when it comes to looks.

Every time Colorado Cyclist puts their remaining stock of DA 7800C (the carbon clad 7800), I have to talk myself out of buying one. Classic Campy designs aside, it's the pinnacle of crank design and performance.

don't know much about bauhaus, do you?

canthidefromme 02-14-10 12:01 PM

bauhaus is something that people like to drop to make themselves sound smart--like "postmodernism" and "ontological'

banerjek 02-14-10 12:01 PM


Originally Posted by baj32161 (Post 10401586)
How come you are in the small ring in that pic....cmon Pcad, you know the rules:D.

And big cog. Plus the cranks are in the wrong position.

He could argue that gearing is correct because the final quarter mile of Doom is relatively steep. But that's Fred logic.

patentcad 02-14-10 12:18 PM

Stiff bike, stiffer than the S2, WAY stiffer than the Six13. My low back hurt a bit after 25 miles of hammering, but then my back hurts much of the time when I first ride a new bike. Then it seems to adapt and it's fine. That's odd, because it seems to be set up just like my other bike.

Rear triangle isn't nearly as vertically compliant as the Six13, but this bike is lighter and it does climb better. The Six13 was starting to feel a bit mushy to me at times. This bike feels too stiff. I'll get used to it. It really takes me a month to figure out if I like a bike.

cyclezealot 02-14-10 12:20 PM


Originally Posted by jdon (Post 10400057)
Nice bench.

My wife probably would not even let me lean my bike up against a bench like that.. Nice bike . The Scott bikes I've owned I thought to be nice rides...

slothlike 02-14-10 12:24 PM


Originally Posted by botto (Post 10402049)
don't know much about bauhaus, do you?


yeah, but anyone can tell what UGLY is.


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