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Old 12-18-07, 03:23 PM
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Old 12-18-07, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by trons
the bmc frame is the ****ing ugliest **** i ever seen
You need to get out more.


I like it, btw.
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Old 12-18-07, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jim-bob
perfect canidate for a full suntour superbe group. i'd love to own a 3rensho road bike w/ superbe everything...
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Old 12-18-07, 04:38 PM
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Eh, parts is parts, y'know?
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Originally Posted by humancongereel
all it would take to appease everyone here would be track drops and the words "i ride this on the track".

maybe the rider uses the risers to get to the velodrome? ha ha, i dunno. i don't want to hate, cuz that is some solid ish, but i can see why there's hate.

then again, remember, most of us are riding bikes designed for the velodrome on the street.
probably because the BMC, being carbon, would be a serious racer, whereas the steel track frames we're riding around the city are only seen on a professional level in japanese keirin races where they're following 70's policies, and the rest of the world has moved onto clipless pedals, aluminum/carbon frames and aero wheels over 36 spoke box rims, steel frames and quill stems. that stuff is cool on lower level competition but you'd never see it professionally, whereas the BMC would be quite at home.

that's my train of thought at least. i can't lie, i'd love to own that frame and i'd use it on the street, i'd just never run risers on it. couldn't spend that much money on a frame w/o using at the velodrome too, though.
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Old 12-18-07, 04:47 PM
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i hate myself for loving the bmc.
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Old 12-18-07, 04:51 PM
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the fake as **** 'lens hood' burned corners still annoy me to death on that picture.
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Old 12-18-07, 05:16 PM
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fresh colors on the whip....


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Old 12-18-07, 05:35 PM
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i am so surprised that those colors look great all together.
 
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i disagree, but it might be different in the photo than in daylight.
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Old 12-18-07, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by sniks


BLAaNG! blAAng!
As I just noted on a forum in a parallel universe, I actually like this bike. I would ride the **** out of it, as configured, every day, in the street, and apologize to nobody. Oh, and I'd have fun, too.
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Old 12-18-07, 05:56 PM
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BMC looks like cheap molded plastic....
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It would take very little paint-pen editing to turn that ridiculous BMC into a "crack machine"
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Originally Posted by Straws
the fake as **** 'lens hood' burned corners still annoy me to death on that picture.
Looks like actual vignetting to me.
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Old 12-18-07, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
Looks like actual vignetting to me.
canon kit lens at 21mm f/7.1 shouldn't vignette
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But who knows how the hell the guy who shot it has his **** set up. Yeah, it could be fake, but I'm just saying it isn't necessarily so. Besides, who says it's the kit lens? All the metadata shows is 21mm.
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a little too ovalized to be natural i say...
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Old 12-18-07, 06:15 PM
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Perhaps. In any case, I'd still ride the **** out of that bike.
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Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
Perhaps. In any case, I'd still ride the **** out of that bike.
+1, that thing is amazingingly ridiculous
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Originally Posted by donkekus
a little too ovalized to be natural i say...
that's what I'm saying. He basically framed the bike with the burns. obviously not real vignetting.
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burn != vignetting

In photography, burning means adding light in the printing process (ie. the opposite of casting a shadow, called dodging).
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Originally Posted by Fugazi Dave
But who knows how the hell the guy who shot it has his **** set up. Yeah, it could be fake, but I'm just saying it isn't necessarily so. Besides, who says it's the kit lens? All the metadata shows is 21mm.
just assuming.
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Originally Posted by Straws
that's what I'm saying. He basically framed the bike with the burns. obviously not real vignetting.
Would you be ok with real vignetting ?
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Originally Posted by bexley
burn != vignetting

In photography, burning means adding light in the printing process (ie. the opposite of casting a shadow, called dodging).
ah ****, yeah you're right.

and yeah I would be alright with real vignetting.
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