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05-03-08 | 01:21 PM

#26

curiousincident

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i don't think they make bikes that those cinelli halters don't look horribly out of place on. like all the mixing of carbon and lugs i'm seeing in this thread.

05-03-08 | 01:27 PM

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05-03-08 | 01:40 PM

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huerro

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Originally Posted by dmotoguy

its not $153 to polish, but to make it out of stainless that is polished... stainless is much more expensive.

I'm pretty sure that money is what it costs to polish the stem. Stainless Sachs lugs, just as an example, are only $7 more than the standard flavor. https://www.richardsachs.com/rsachstoys.html

This gives you some idea of what goes into polished stainless: https://www.salientia.ca/dave/?page_id=9

05-03-08 | 09:07 PM

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05-04-08 | 09:36 AM

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ralphm2k

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^^ That's a hideous abomination.

05-04-08 | 09:38 AM

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bexley

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carbon fiber tumors.

it's a problem.

05-04-08 | 10:04 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by curiousincident

i don't think they make bikes that those cinelli halters don't look horribly out of place on. like all the mixing of carbon and lugs i'm seeing in this thread.

Here's mine:

05-04-08 | 10:26 AM

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LóFarkas

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The beef's bike should be hideously ugly.
I hate the mixing of oldschool frames and modern low spoke count wheels, hate the alter and solid chainrings too... and it just works on that rig.

Last edited by LóFarkas; 05-04-08 at 11:35 AM.

05-04-08 | 11:20 AM

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bexley

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Yep. I agree.

Check out those tight clearances too. Nice.

05-04-08 | 11:22 AM

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And, damn, that's some sexy cableage on the Ciocc. I didn't notice it at first since everything is amazing about those bikes.

05-04-08 | 11:22 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LóFarkas

The beef's bike should be hiedously ugly.
I hate the mixing of oldschool frames and modern low spoke count wheels, hate the alter and solid chainrings too... and it just works on that rig.

I was thinking this too. I have my really nice modern roadie and my beater steel lugged fix. I put my nice wheels and such on it to see how it looked and it just looked wrong.

But I really like that bike. I don't care for the bottle cage... maybe something more subtle. And I would say the dark blue paint on the head tube is what really makes it. Nice work.

Just my point zero two.

05-04-08 | 12:51 PM

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