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Old 04-19-15 | 06:44 AM
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Old 04-22-15 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by bonner1040
Poorly staged and a horrible photo. Didnt follow the rules but here is my bike as I ride it most days.

Get a different bike, put it outside in the shade under different lighting, stage it correctly and it might be HOT!
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Old 04-22-15 | 02:08 PM
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So, I got one of them cleaned up and ready to go, and here it is under flat lighting.
The left shifter looks like it is lower than the right one. On purpose?
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Old 04-22-15 | 02:41 PM
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Old 04-22-15 | 03:31 PM
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Old 04-22-15 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bonner1040
Poorly staged and a horrible photo. Didnt follow the rules but here is my bike as I ride it most days.

a hideous bike with no redeeming virtues.
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Old 04-22-15 | 04:04 PM
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a hideous bike with no redeeming virtues.
None? People like to say Salsa.
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Old 04-22-15 | 09:46 PM
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Old 04-22-15 | 09:49 PM
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That's a hot from me, and I'm no big Specialized fan. It's the matching job that's the winner here, without making it look overly matching.
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Old 04-23-15 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by trekmogul
This is a sweeeeet bike, but I can't get over the wheels SCREAMING AT ME! I don't know... maybe debadge them?? And a reflector? On that bike? C'mon, if you feel the need for that, why not put a blinking tail light on it - one that is sleek. I don't hardly know what to say; I've never viewed a bike with so much potential be so absolutely awful but those wheels are hideous in their current iteration.
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Old 04-23-15 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by trekmogul
Nice bike. I don't rank it a HOT, bc all time trial bikes are a little weird looking to me, but very nice bike!
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Old 04-23-15 | 12:37 PM
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Old 04-23-15 | 12:51 PM
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Old 04-23-15 | 03:10 PM
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Old 04-23-15 | 03:16 PM
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Old 04-23-15 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Fiery
The left shifter looks like it is lower than the right one. On purpose?
No, not on purpose, but you made me look. It wasn't discernible to me, but then again I have terrible astigmatism....
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Old 04-23-15 | 09:00 PM
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'new and improved hot r not thread'?

Often imitated. Never replicated.

Not hot.
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Old 04-24-15 | 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by kbarch
No, not on purpose, but you made me look. It wasn't discernible to me, but then again I have terrible astigmatism....
Tape measure helps a lot when trying to set them up even. But these look quite uneven to the naked eye too, at least in this particular photo. Could be just a trick of perspective though.
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Old 04-24-15 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by m3ta1head
Finaly a Hot post. Thank you.
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Old 04-24-15 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by gc3
spring cleaning is done...

very nice, how do you choose which one to ride on any given day?
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Old 04-24-15 | 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Gus90
very nice, how do you choose which one to ride on any given day?
Thanks. Good question. Its whatever mood strikes me. Although right now the Colnago is set up with 52/36 and the Parlee with 50/34, so the type of ride plays a minor part.
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Old 04-24-15 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by trekmogul
did you get the wheels mixed up between your bikes or something?
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Old 04-24-15 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Silvercivic27
did you get the wheels mixed up between your bikes or something?
Those the wheels that came on the bike when i ordered it from the factory as a P1 Bike from trek several years ago.
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Old 04-24-15 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by m3ta1head
I'll give it a Hot. Simple yet elegant. Like the Sandra Bullock of Beauty. Some find her incredibly attractive, while others are attracted to more "Pizzazz". We all get attracted to big and bold, but sometimes its nice to peal back all the "Unnecessary" things that traditionally make a bike stand out from the norm.

My only personal choice would be to change out the seat post. Only because that seatpost has never been pleasing to me aesthetically.
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Old 04-24-15 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by spectastic
selling it


Did you buy Primov8's bike and then sold/selling it?
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