The seat tube/seat stays/top tube junction area looks all kinds of wonky to my eye. Why not carry the size and shape of the (integrated?) seat post all the way down to the BB?


Cute kid, though. ;)

*supposedly* the shape of the seat post makes it more compliant, which helps dampen road vibration. Wether or not that is marketing hype, I don't know. I do know the ride is miles ahead of my aluminum frame defy. The harshness is greatly dampened.

side note: I'm thinking about adding lime green lizard skin bar tape. I can't decide if it would clash really hard or add something a little different. I know this thin fizik tape needs to go though. No cushion, and I don't wear gloves.

Don't.

The black bike is my commuter, which in the picture is running some bulky, knobby tires with fenders. Now that the snow is gone, it's running mudflaps and 700x23 slicks. 500 dollar bike. Second is my fun bike that I take on group rides, out for personal rides, and on longer trips. Apparently I need to change the bottle cages.

Lizard skin bar tape is nice, but not green.

Just throw on some elite custom race cages.

exactly.

I thought it would be fun to see some cool looking bikes that I see 90% of people outside of 41 ride and are actually considered affordable. Bikes that if you used to commute and used daily and if it got stolen, you could replace again easily. I personally find bikes that people actually commute with every day far more interesting than some hyper expensive bike that is only ridden on only the nicest of days but would never dare to leave in public while at work or school etc.

This thread is filled with Cannondale Super Six, Litespeed Ti, deep rim Zipp wheels and custom built DT Swiss etc, SRAM Red drivetrain etc, it's stupid. Stupid stupid thread.

The above may be directed at me, since I posted a bike with those parts a while back. The DA7800 shifters were $125 used (and the matching RD was from a mixed DA/Ultegra drivetrain I bought for $100 from a friend), the wheels were $450 new and did come off another bike, and the FSA K-Light crankset was part of a trade...and the frame set was bought used. FWIW, the wheels are back on the original bike and have been replaced by a set of Open Pros with a Powertap rear and Ultegra front hub, but for a race bike with power, it still falls into "bargain" territory. :)

There's a version of this thread in the Commuter forums. I will agree the Budget thread is a little silly since it looks like the main HrN thread with "Hey look at the bike I just (figuratively) stole".

There's not many of those bikes or components in the budget thread. And if you just want to look at commuters, then go to the commuting forum. Flatbar commuters don't really fit in the road bike forum.

My last submission was at or under $1,000 and the one before that was in the $500 range. I don't remember you giving either one a Hot (or a Not for that matter!).

As with every gear-based hobby, 'affordable' and 'budget' are only meaningful in context. If you want to see it get really silly, go read a copy of Stereophile!

Great, but that's not what this thread is about. Why not start the thread that you want to see rather than ***** that this thread isn't what you'd hoped?

Or don't start a thread and just use the one that already exists:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...r-Bicycle-Pics

Not to make any assumptions, but I don't think he's suggesting the idea of the commuter thread.

I know I've hesitated to post the budget bike I built for $600 in this thread along-side last-year's $1900 carbon bikes with Enve wheelsets and dura-ace componentry, etc.

While the $2000 number was arbitrarily picked (and it's about $1000 too high, IMO) it's the budget part that is the important piece to remember in here. This is not the overflow thread for the main hot-or-not thread. If one has a $1999 bike that isn't quite hot enough to make it in that thread, this isn't the place for it.

$2000 is definitely on the higher end of things.. $1000 should be the max.. when I think budget, I think $500-1000, not $2k bikes with enve rims and ****

Considering what an entry level bike costs stock and also considering that stock is not Hot a $2,000 cap is not asking that much... In fact I seem to remember the cap being raised to $3,000 because $2,000 was unrealistic. If you have a less expensive bike and it is Hot post it.

This has already been hashed over. Post more bikes and quit complaining about what is or isn't "budget" in your mind.

Can someone point me to all the bikes with enve wheels in this thread, I seem to have missed those?

Honestly, I look at this thread because I enjoy looking at bikes. If a bike is hot, it doesn't matter how much money was spent on it. I've seen plenty of cheaper bikes in the hot or not thread that have received "hots" - to me these threads are for posting your bike after you traded out some stock parts, shined it up and made it look nice, not necessarily for the "hey, I just bought this bike" posts.

Touche... I exaggerate. Ask my wife.

Absolutely. I look at bike p*rn day and night and this thread, the similar thread in the century forum, the main hot-r-not, pinterest, various instagram folks, etc. are all great sources for a never-ending supply of bikes staged reasonably well and begging for my internet-based approval.

That being said, if the thread's supposed to be shooting for a particular flavor or idea, it's nice if the bikes posted within stick reasonably close to it. I wouldn't post my (hypothetical) new Pinarello with flamey blue paint and slammed geometry to the century bike thread... I dunno, maybe it's just my OCD.


And before anyone calls me out on it, I will go ahead and post my bike, now that I'm a newbie who's posting AGAIN in this thread without having posted a bike. Need to dial in the handlebar & hoods angle, though, before posting it...

Here's my new frame, that actually fits me. I have re-utilized all the parts from my last frame. The new frame is a Flyxii FLX-FR-322.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps9e7a1376.jpg

Hot.

Warm. Not a fan of the tires, seat post, or bottle holder.

Both bikes are in the wrong gear!

Camera acting like a POS. Anyway, my commuter:2002 Lemond Alpe d'Huez w/ assorted NOS and used Campy, Mavic, FIR, WTB, Ritchey, Maxxis, bits and pieces (aka, "budget" stuff). Don't hate on the hipster tires too much -- Maxxis Re-Fuse for $16 (only had white left in stock).

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...psb441dfbc.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps7d75dcb0.jpg