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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 04-03-18, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Siu Blue Wind
If someone thinks it goes good with more yellow, let it be.

If someone think it won't go good, let it be.

Everyone has a right to like what they want to. It's not anyone's responsibility to change what they see as beautiful.

LET IT BE.

If everyone "let it be" there would no longer be any communication on this forum. I see no harm in disagreeing with someone as long as its done respectably.
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Old 04-03-18, 01:35 PM
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Nova Special X, Chorus / Record mix
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Old 04-03-18, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Pirkaus

Nova Special X, Chorus / Record mix
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Some people are gonna hate on those handlebars, but overall it's a nice looking bike.

Maybe skinwall tires would help.
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^^Gatorskins automatically disqualify it from being hot^^
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Originally Posted by Pirkaus

Nova Special X, Chorus / Record mix
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Sweet bike, I especially like the colour you picked for the bar tape.

But unfortunately, it's not "hot".

To be "hot", you'd need to pick one or the other, silver or black, for the seatpost, stem, brake calipers, & drivetrain; probably needs some featherweight carbon aero wheels and tyres w/tan sidewalls; and then it'd have to be a super-high-quality magazine-quality photo.

Lovely bike, though.
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Old 04-03-18, 04:18 PM
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Disqualified, Gatorskins...
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Old 04-03-18, 04:30 PM
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Rear derailleur cable?
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Tire label not aligned with valve stem.
Rear derailleur cable color is throwing it off too
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Old 04-03-18, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Pirkaus
Tire label not aligned with valve stem.
Rear derailleur cable color is throwing it off too
But.... It's yellow!
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Originally Posted by Pirkaus

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Charming, but not hot.
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High visibility for safety!?
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Originally Posted by growlerdinky
Rear derailleur cable?
Highlighter neon green! After perhaps the fifth severe black/gunmetal bike I've built, I needed a pop of color. Kind of works in person-- looks like a reflector.
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Old 04-03-18, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Pirkaus

Nova Special X, Chorus / Record mix
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Nice retro ride. I don't quite understand the headset ?
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Originally Posted by chipndale9
Any particular reason why you chose to take pic with red garage/storage door? It's a hot, flashy Allez but it makes the bike look a bit camouflagy..unless that's what you were going for.
Simply because that’s the back door of the shop. It’s just a tradition; it has its own twitter hashtag. No real aesthetic reason. We took a lot more photos throughout the build, but that was my favorite.
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Originally Posted by ridelikeaturtle
Sweet bike, I especially like the colour you picked for the bar tape.

But unfortunately, it's not "hot".

To be "hot", you'd need to pick one or the other, silver or black, for the seatpost, stem, brake calipers, & drivetrain; probably needs some featherweight carbon aero wheels and tyres w/tan sidewalls; and then it'd have to be a super-high-quality magazine-quality photo.

Lovely bike, though.
It definitely has potential, but the bar tape and rear brake cable need straightening out, and the drivetrain needs a good scrubbing before the bike is ready for a glamour shot. That bike should be crisp and sparkling, not lumpy and dull.
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Old 04-09-18, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by BeginnersMind
looks like a reflector.
Reflectors are not hot.
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Old 04-09-18, 11:41 AM
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Here my custom frame from Cycles Marinoni.
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Old 04-09-18, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by dan911
Here my custom frame from Cycles Marinoni.
Are those Continental GP Classic tires?
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Are those Continental GP Classic tires?
Yes
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Originally Posted by dan911
Yes
They look great on CF wheels, but unfortunately the color fades, and it looks bad when you have to replace 1 tire because then the colors don't match.

The bike looks great.
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Time Scylon


Cutting off excess steerer when I have the time.
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when I have the time.
That made me chuckle.
Nice bike. great build. The seat mast is cool. what crank is that?

Thats Hot in my book
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