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Old 01-22-12 | 05:33 PM
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Old 01-22-12 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by WHOOOSSHHH...
Put together with left over parts..the budget rain bike..soon to be a 10 speed again...
2007 BMC road racer..with part of the top tube and whole down tube, rattle canned black to change the stock look...


congratulations. you completely ruined a beauty of a bike.
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Old 01-22-12 | 06:00 PM
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congratulations. you completely ruined a beauty of a bike.
+1

And those wheels look pretty bad with the frame.
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Old 01-22-12 | 06:15 PM
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i know! i just got it today everything will be changed tomarrow
should have waited to take the picture till then. Its a great bike for the price, but has no hotness factor.
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Old 01-22-12 | 06:29 PM
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Getting closer to TRE< one ride after another. On that picture it was looking a lot like TREj<



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Old 01-22-12 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by zazenzach
congratulations. you completely ruined a beauty of a bike.
I hate to say it, but I have to agree
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Old 01-22-12 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by zazenzach
congratulations. you completely ruined a beauty of a bike.
It's a dented up beater bike( stolen once and recovered), made to ride in bad weather and put together with whatever parts were left over...Don't hurt it's feelings...besides, I've seen your good bikes and my beater can beat up your best..
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Old 01-22-12 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by WHOOOSSHHH...
It's a dented up beater bike( stolen once and recovered), made to ride in bad weather and put together with whatever parts were left over...Don't hurt it's feelings...besides, I've seen your good bikes and my beater can beat up your best..
Your bike be able to beat ours, but can you???



actually never mind you are probably faster than me haha

And that's your beater bike?!?!?! DANG!!
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Old 01-22-12 | 06:56 PM
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Your bike be able to beat ours, but can you???
In real life, maybe not...but this is the internet so.....Heck yeah!
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Old 01-22-12 | 07:16 PM
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I just don't get how people think this one is hot, no offense to whoever's bike it is. Way to cluttered looking for my tastes, and just looks way out of proportion and poorly fitted. Nothing classic about it, already looks dated.



This one however, best of the thread thus far. Love small diameter carbon tubes

A small diameter carbon tube bike doesn't look dated? The Rossetti has a few spacers under the stem, but it all appears to be well proportioned, meanwhile the look has what appears to be a tiny 80 or 90mm stem. If I had to pick one of those two bikes to be poorly proportioned, it would be the Look with the tiny stem. If I had to pick one of those bikes to look dated, again it would be the Look. Either way, I think both are hot.
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Old 01-22-12 | 08:12 PM
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disregard the pedals...

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Old 01-22-12 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Yaniel
A small diameter carbon tube bike doesn't look dated? The Rossetti has a few spacers under the stem, but it all appears to be well proportioned, meanwhile the look has what appears to be a tiny 80 or 90mm stem. If I had to pick one of those two bikes to be poorly proportioned, it would be the Look with the tiny stem. If I had to pick one of those bikes to look dated, again it would be the Look. Either way, I think both are hot.
The spacers are staying...at least till I get a little more flexible.
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Old 01-22-12 | 10:21 PM
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EBay build. Light and getting lighter.

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Old 01-22-12 | 10:32 PM
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EBay build. Light and getting lighter.

I'm generally not a fan of black bikes, but that bike is hot! The small touches of red are nice. Clean your driveway :-)
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Old 01-22-12 | 10:45 PM
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I'm generally not a fan of black bikes, but that bike is hot! The small touches of red are nice. Clean your driveway :-)
Uh, not a drive, That's mulch.
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Old 01-23-12 | 12:09 AM
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What do you think about this?
I think I spent about $1100 on everything. Shimano 105 5700, Mavic Ksyrium SL. Still need a bike fitting and a different cassette. Gonna look for some bb30 compatible cranks or some SRAM Force cranks.

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Old 01-23-12 | 12:16 AM
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Here's my bike

~$2500 (includes garmin 500 I just bought). Looking to cut the stem next weekend, might lower the stem a bit more.


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Old 01-23-12 | 12:19 AM
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Old 01-23-12 | 12:28 AM
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Can't compare to the $5k beasts in the regular hotornot
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Old 01-23-12 | 12:41 AM
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still not a budget bike lol
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Old 01-23-12 | 12:51 AM
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What do you think about this?
I think I spent about $1100 on everything. Shimano 105 5700, Mavic Ksyrium SL. Still need a bike fitting and a different cassette. Gonna look for some bb30 compatible cranks or some SRAM Force cranks.

Looks nice, what's the story with the frame?
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Old 01-23-12 | 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by sleepy
Looks nice, what's the story with the frame?
Well The frame is basically this under the brand Champ Sys. This frame is from team Mengoni and bought it off the rider Dan Chabanov. Other than that I dont know anymore about the frame besides it was ridden for a season
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Old 01-23-12 | 12:57 AM
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$650 frame from ebay

$200 for SRAM force groupset including Ritchey wheels from craigslist (bougth motobecane le champion SL for $500, stripped parts, replaced with shimano 2300 and sold for $300)

I want wheels, but that will come later.

Yea, Im an ebay *****.
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Old 01-23-12 | 01:02 AM
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Man I wish I could have gotten SRAM Force for that cheap, I really wanted Force till I found 105 set for cheap.
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Old 01-23-12 | 01:11 AM
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Uh, not a drive, That's mulch.
Clean your mulch.
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