RJM

No see....I got this reference....I was just a little confused about the mega thing. I guess I'm getting old.....kids nowadays.

RJM

Nice looking bike.

milkbaby

Simple and not flashy... gets a hot. Needs the steerer cut tho.

milkbaby

By all rights, I want to give this a hot because it has so much going for it: a Crumpton with LW wheels, Clavicula cranks, the custom combos, etcetera... but it's just so stealthed-out that it's gone all the way round back to nondescript. At least it probably rides awesome tho, right?

milkbaby

HOT, nuff said

milkbaby

Both HOTTT... Also ridiculous, simply for the fact that you need two bikes to run two different wheelsets and cassettes, LOL

milkbaby

HOT, great paint color. This is also one bike where the gold chain suits it perfectly.

ReLLiK75

LOL...It's nice to have options and variety!

mpath

My Izoard

TheRealFaux

Not for having valve caps.

SempreCycling

Which is a bit funny since he listed the weight.

arben

I know a lot of you are saying that this is too murdered out for you—and I understand why you'd think that—but this thing is *beautiful* to me. It's pretty much perfect. I do love things that are taken to extremes, though, so...

SempreCycling

Put a gold chain on it.

kcollier5

I envy you smaller guys bikes. They just look so much better in a smaller frame like this one! This bike in a 60cm frame isn't nearly as hot, but I vote HOT for this one. Not crazy about the stem or the crankset, but the bars look awesome. Doesn't matter though; still a hot bike. What bars are they?

kbarch

See, this is what 'murdered out' bikes really want to be. This isn't some kind of camouflage or mindless blanket treatment, it's refinement. Generally not a big fan of black bikes, but this is unquestionably Hot.

mpath

Thanks. They're Zipp Vuka Sprints.

SevenTwentyNine

Trek ..... Someone actually thought or seems to think I raise my saddle just for a photo like that's supposed to impress people or something.

greenlight149

is there bartape on that bike?

SevenTwentyNine

Yes indeed there is - got it from Fizik and it's ultra thin tape though so technically it does feel like there's nothing there.

pdedes

Gorilla arms?

kcollier5

Yes, I'd vote this a Hot but barely. Let me explain. It's a hot setup and apparently I'll give you rider props because that's incredibly aggressive. The frame looks too small for you though. Maybe you need that to get the drop that you like? But if the bike had less of a sloping top tube, maybe the seatpost wouldn't have to be so high. Or at least it wouldn't look that long. And the frame for me isn't that exciting. But overall, if I saw your bike on the street, you'd get props from me. Nicely done.

p.s. - the bike is nicely done. Your photoshop work leaves a little to be desired. Your dodging has created the 'glowing bike look'. Raise the overall exposure in levels or do a more careful job dodging the bike...

SevenTwentyNine

Whoa whoa whoa, gorillas are heavy creatures to my knowledge, we're trying to take off weight here not add it so I prefer praying mantis or something that makes me seem slimmer than I really am.

SevenTwentyNine

Hahaha, hot but barely. Well I'm glad that I managed to just squeeze by or stumble over the line and make it into the hot category.
It's actually a 56cm frame so it's not that small - I tried a 58cm frame by Trek a while ago and it was too big... Well not too big it didn't feel like it fit just right.


The saddle height it's currently at is where I would place it on any bike I ride regardless of the frame size because this length gives e the range of motion through a pedal stroke that's most comfortable for me. So even if I was on a 48cm frame or 60cm frame with a flat top tube I'd run that height. I think the fact it's sloped gives the illusion.
I forgot the length from the BB to the saddle but I vaguely remember that the length from the pedal to saddle was about 96cm or something like that. This was when I changed the crank from a 172.5 to 175 to really set it up to how I like to pedal.


As for the stem I found that lowering it made it more comfortable. When I got the bike it had like four or five spacers etc and I'd feel discomfort in my shoulders etc but now that I removed the spacers it's more comfortable for me because I just let my body fall over forward and lean on the bike and this keeps my upper body relaxed.

It makes the bike look fast but at the end of the day it will only go as fast as I can pedal it so yeah...

Oh and that's not Photoshop I just used a basic filter that's comes with my phones camera app to lower the overall temperature of the image.

kcollier5

^Just my opinion, which is as valuable as it is expensive.

Also need to give you props on the white saddle / stem. White bartape has never made much sense to me if you ride a lot, but this combination works aesthetically and practically as well!

Yes, on your saddle height that's exactly what I meant. It looks higher because of the sloping top tube. Still a nice drop to the bars though. Glad it works for you! Props! Do you ride in the drops much?

SevenTwentyNine

Pretty much anything over 25mph and I'm down on the drops... or when it's my turn to pull on the front.

Thanks for the compliments and observations by the way!