OK, OK...I think we can work with this. The Quest for Absolute Hotness must continue. At least we're down to some easy-to-replace and superficial adjustments. The green electrical tape is already gone btw. I will replace the bar tape with black (unless anyone has any suggestions for a color that will go with the rest of the bicycle - the little accent stripes are pastel yellow, green and lavender). I might hang on to the fugly Ergo Bars until I can find a suitable replacement in a 46 - 48 cm width (Noodle Bar maybe?) I agree they're ugly but they've got nice flat ramps and they're wide enough for me. The saddle might take a while but I'm open to a change there. I was thinking a vintage Selle Italia Flite Ti in lieu of the B17. Thoughts?

San Marco Regal.

Also, maybe check out the Selle Anatomica X. I've read and heard great things about it and it has that classic look...

https://i.imgur.com/2Evcxp6.jpg

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2. If you have 2100 miles under your belt why not set up this as you did your old allez when you got the new one? (which hopefully is a smartweld e5)
3. If PHX can't HYTFU then nothing can \/



4. Don't post in a thread where others tell you how they like your bike.
4.1. More importantly you put up the picture. You asked it. Don't put up a "half done" picture and get defensive about the negative remarks. For all we know that is the finished product
4.2. Stop w/the butt hurt. Want to show off your bike w/o the criticism? Post it in the "what road bike do you have" thread
5. Don't take this thread too seriously....Don't go and slam your stem just to make the internet happy and then come out with a bike you have to sell because it hurts your back. That would be a shame and I would actually laugh at you.
6. Should have gone with the caad10.....joking. Enjoy your bike

Take a better picture first.

I would love to pick up a bike like this

I think it's hot...giggity.

If it has DIRTY white bar tape, it's a NOT. Every. Single. Time. Either clean it or replace it because I think the bike looks good. This thread is about aesthetics and dirty isn't aesthetically pleasing...

Bartape is grey or silver to match accent paint on fork. Still a not hot.

A bike on furniture is always a turn on, but Fawcett in the background is what really turned up the heat.

I appreciate your style.

do you really have that tacky Farah poster on your wall... Horrible pic of the bike can't tell what it is

Custom built bike, old cervelo r3 frame.

I feel like those are two conflicting things.

I don't think so, Cervelo R3 frame, with Sram rival group set, and maddux rims.

Hey, my Allez is a custom built bike too.

fify

Just out of curiosity, what exactly makes you think that qualifies it as "custom"?

Not OP, but custom = not stock?

Idk.

Not being able to buy in a store.

Does that mean majority of the bikes in this thread are custom builds?

Because nobody can buy a Cervelo suited with Sram components off a sales room floor?

Not trying to come across like a jerk here, but just to save you some embarrassment in a face to face conversation with someone else. I wouldn't call your bike "custom". A Custom bike means the frame has been custom fit to you by geometry or has some sort of aftermarket paint. What you have is a mass produced frame, with components that half the world uses, which makes it a production bike with different wheels. You may have personalized it with purchasing items such as wheels I guess, but neither the frame or components are considered custom or even one of a kind. Even if your wheels are hand built, that does not make your bike custom. It means your bike has "upgrades".

My bike doesn't have one stock bolt or part that it came with. My bike is fairly one of a kind and different from most other cannondale supersixes, but is still considered a production bike, not custom.

Custom = a bike built with specific measurements which contains special geometry or custom paint.
Production = Any bike that is mass produced and come with stock sizing and paint scheme.

Clearly we have different definitions; I doubt there is any with the same bike as me. Same frame/group set/handlebars/wheels/pedals as my bike would be very rare. This is why I would call my bike custom.

My beautiful caad10 met the pavement a while back.

It is now all scratched up.

HEY GUYS I HAVE A CUSTOM BIKE!!...dang I have a custom bike....and not in the good way


It doesn't work like that Custom = custom geo. Anyone can build a mass produced bike w/mass produced items.


dat picture doe :no:

I put a garmin on my bike so now it's custom, right?

And cervelo guy, your bike is as custom as the sky is green. Call Parlee and have them make you a frame then come back to us.