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GMC Denali - It's the name of a ostentatious SUV and a trend-tastic bicycle. Hot!

It can be yours for a unpretentious $159.54 + .97c shipping.

I win.:D

Hot, scrumptious bike, but if we're talking about 'hot or not' rules of picture taking, this is a NOT.

Not.

Looks hot to me, and eclectic. Probably nothing else like on this planet.

yea, to each his own I guess. I was on the fence on this bike, but the wheel spokes are really off putting to me.

here's mine for the chopping block:
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thanks! the whole point of the build was to have fun. i expected it to be visually distracting and controversial. your differing opinions tell me that i completed my goal.

MY 16.5lb Nashbar Frame budget Ultegra build.... curious to know how much you spent on yours....

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Oh wait I get it .....Budget hot or not...you didn't have enough money to complete the handlebars in one color..

I know, only an idiot would pay for two halves of two different colors :D

Classic?
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tgb it's doing it for me. The wheelset is the cherry on the sundae for me. You already know what I think of the frameset. :)

This is basically the "post your cheap bike thread"

Define cheap.

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still under 1.5k
what the fk you think, of course i love crosschaining.

syncmaster...HOT!

nice lorenzo!!

I like it! How much were those wheels?.....

Nice! I followed yours when you were building it up, not to many publicized nashbar builds. I'm at realistically about 1300 right now, primarily from my recent jump to sram 10 from a shimergo 9 setup. I have the weights of everything but for some reason didn't weigh the bare frame before I built it up, I believe it's in the 1800g range. Which tempts me some times to get any random 12-1300g frame and be in the 14s, but I just plain have fun on this frame. I'm all legs so the short TT works well for me. More than likely I'll keep riding this for another year or two and go custom steel at that point, since it'll likely be the same weight, if not a hair lighter haha.

In size 58, the all aluminum Nashbar frame weighed 3.44 lbs, and the aluminum with carbon rear triangle weighed 3.26 lbs in identical size. So less than 1800g but more than 1200. If that helps.

Oh that's better than I thought. Sounds like it'd be safe to assume the 60 is in the 1600 range then, not terrible.

iirc my all aluminum 58cm nashbar frame was south of 1600g with the hanger

Very nice. I didn't have a scale when I first bought my Nashbar frame, but I got the 50cm so I'm guessing it's not as heavy as I orignally thought. I have the same mentality as you to upgrade to something lighter eventually, but like you, I am having a ton of fun on this frame too! It's been a blast to ride so I figure I might just run it into the ground and then upgrade from there. A decent carbon frame would drop this bike into the low 15s.... that'd be nuts. Or I was also looking into Ti and custom steel but I don't think I'd have as dramatic weight savings...

Either way, I'm happy with the Nashbar frame now, and I'll continue riding it hard! It's cool to see other people's Nashbar builds here too. Thanks for sharing.

Darn it...I hate when someone gets it, and has a sense of humor...;)

Don't change a thing!! It looks great the way it is.

I bought my nashbar frame with the intention of upgrading to an aluminum cannondale or BMC frame but honestly I don't think the difference would justify the cost :o

Here is my road bike: 2011 CAAD10-5 It has 105 components with ultegra wheels and chain. I paid $1400 for it, i have so far 4 miles/per dollar value out of it.
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