Rikardi151

The THIRD place im posting this tonight so EVERYONE knows how friggin great and cool I am!

Terrible blurry pictures of a terrible temporary crappy build, but hey, its proof that I AM THE COOLEST AND NUMBA1!!!

(Ill edit the pics when I get permanant parts and well lighted pics)

drewcifer

wow that looks really nice

Rikardi151

umm.... well.. thanks, but I assure you people will come in here and strut some beautiful beasts. Like I said, all the parts are temporary just so I can ride the thing. The only things staying are the headset and fork. It will be built a bit more nicely, but on a budget in the end.

jayrooney

looks good. why change the fork? and what bars are those?
kinda wish i got the blue... i'm sure the black is great too.

wearyourtruth

i don't care if the pics are blurry, thanks for starting this thread! i was hoping to be the first, but oh well hopefully thursday...

Eric Hanus

i really like blue bikes with honey brookes saddles

666pack

i can't wait until i build mine up.
should be all done by the weekend.

Rikardi151

I decided to go with that kinesis carbon fork cause I got it really cheap and it weighs about 1/3 as much as the original. When you get/ if youve already gotten your frames, compare the weight of the fork to the weight of the frame. theyre almost the same! Granted it was uncut, but still, they are pretty darn heavy. I will still keep the original around though in case I change my mind about it.

The bars are Easton EC90 road bars. might keep those on, theyre kinda nice.

Rikardi151

Yeah, Im kinda ttempted to put some chocolate brown deep-v's on it we have lying around the shop. didnt really want to go V's on it, but brown and blue is a good combo.

helloamerican

no offense but brown and blue? ick! all honesty looks like the potential for a beautiful set up. (go white though, white's nice)

In Absentia

Chocolate brown and light blue go together very well. Just ask the walls in my bedroom.

BistaPoy

I like it. It is clean and not too flashy.

dwainedibbly

See kids, that's why you shouldn't drink and operate a camera.

Seriously, I'm jealous. I don't even have enough crappy parts laying around to get this far.

mykrrrr

+1 to that colour combo. My Old Skool Vans are that combo and one of my plaid shirts for work have these colours in them.

OP - Bike looks good. Can't wait to see non-blurry pics.

bward1028

such a happy boy!
dunno how i feel about the mismatched blues though.

freeskihp

damn it! I haven't even got my shipping conformation yet

Quacker

word same here freeskihp.

yellowjeep

freeskihp should have got his first.... just saying

itty01

ricky is cool. you ain't cool unless you pee your pants. bike looks nice and disheveled. i'm not sure about that blue. i too haven't gotten my shipping confirmation, so we'll see what i think when i open the box.

exfreewheeler

yeah, Freeskihp put this all together... three cheers! As far as Rikardi being cool... he don't need no steenkeeng bieeke for him to be cool. He's just cool.

On the other hand... those of you who have ridden your bike already... HOW DOES IT RIDE????

Rikardi151

Woo for Freeskihp! Have you ridden those wheels I sent you yet? or have they been patiently waiting for your IRO?

The bike rides GREAT! The new fork may have something to do with it however. It seems VERY simliar to my road bike. The geometries are pretty close, and its even the same tubing, though the roadie is lugged.

You can tell the seat tube angle is about the same because I jsut took the seatpost out of my roadbike and threw it in the IRO, the angle of the seat remained about the same.

roadfix

Nice build! I'm cool too, BTW..

maxknee

you are lying

Rikardi151

YES! you got me! As matter of fact, I never even gave you my coat! (anyone catch that reference?!?!?!?!)

shogun17

and I still don't know if I'm gettin my freakin frame.