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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 05-16-14 | 10:50 AM
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What happened to the wheels?
Put those on the aero frame.
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Old 05-16-14 | 11:48 AM
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Hor 'r not?

My first real bicycle. Bought it July 23rd 2012 the day right after I lost my license. That picture is of the day I bought it.

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Old 05-16-14 | 11:51 AM
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Hor 'r not?

My first real bicycle. Bought it July 23rd 2012 the day right after I lost my license. That picture is of the day I bought it.

Oversized luggage, "sit up and beg" stem and spacers, chain in recovery ring, red cable housing, red tires, reflectors...all very pro. Was this from a pro-peloton member's personal collection?
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by lsberrios1
Hor 'r not?

My first real bicycle. Bought it July 23rd 2012 the day right after I lost my license. That picture is of the day I bought it.

Serious Not for me and I love Felts. Blurry photo, poorly staged, saddle pointing up, don't see how in the world this would get a Hot from anyone in here. Stage it properly(read page 1), take a decent photo and resubmit.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:05 PM
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Hor 'r not?

My first real bicycle. Bought it July 23rd 2012 the day right after I lost my license. That picture is of the day I bought it.

Nope. Not even by 2012 standards.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:09 PM
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You guys are mean...

Hot or not?




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Old 05-16-14 | 12:13 PM
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One of three (or four) is okay. Welcome to the newer, meaner HrN.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:15 PM
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The Roubaix is almost there. I'd lose the red hoods, bottle cage, and tires. Maybe move the shifters down a hair.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by lsberrios1
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Hot or not?




In order: Not, not, not.

Fix the bar angle on the first two and they'd be hot. To make the last one hot, replace it with another, more attractive bicycle.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:18 PM
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Oh my... I can't believe I am actually offended. I guess this is where the hairy cyclist hang.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by lsberrios1
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Hot or not?


Bars need to be tilted down.



Bars really need to be tilted down.



Bar tape needs to be red, hoods black

That's my opinion. The steel framed bikes could be really hot, especially the Lotus...but those bars, man.
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What's on your front tire (the red one)?
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:22 PM
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That's my opinion. The steel framed bikes could be really hot, especially the Lotus...but those bars, man.
I like to pretend they are bull horns so I can poke other cyclist with the brake levers.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:23 PM
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Best I could do on a rainy day, but I have pedals and a chain.
I understand the white saddle and bars, sort of, but if you're going the blacked out theme, (wheels, cages, Quarq) go with black brakes and derailleur, as well. Sort of hot.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:23 PM
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What's on your front tire (the red one)?
I'd have to assume it was a leaf of some sort. I think these pics are from last fall.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:25 PM
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I'd have to assume it was a leaf of some sort. I think these pics are from last fall.
Well that's fail right there. Come on...
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:26 PM
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I'm ok with the mismatched cages, but the red hoods are way too much. The Lotus has funky bar positioning. The Felt makes my eyes bleed. 3 of 4 are at minimum, rather hot.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:27 PM
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Best just throw them all out and start over.
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You guys are mean...
That's the new and improved part of The New and Improved HotRNot Thread™.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:32 PM
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:33 PM
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Hot or not?




These are all hot. But I don't like the bar position on the Lotus.
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Old 05-16-14 | 12:33 PM
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You guys are mean...

Hot or not?


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Old 05-16-14 | 12:38 PM
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Pfft, a hot there doesn't mean anything.
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