striknein

I love the housing. Arteries and veins.

adriano 

i think this is a more accurate color representation of the orange housing.

seau grateau

Is they hatin cause they mad, or is they mad cause they hatin? Adriano's bike is sex in a goblet, just needs bottle cages.

max5480

I think it's an okay bike. But what I don't like about it is how many times I keep seeing it in this Single speed and Fixed gear sub-forum. Go stuff it in the face of all those roadies and see how they like it.

Sixty Fiver

And I came here for hate.



With my health the way it has been the fg/ss bikes have not been getting nearly as much love and a few bikes have been returned to geared status but the sun is shining, I feel pretty good, and think I should go and ride the **** out of the CCM today.

seau grateau

You mean crossies?

max5480

The Marino

seau grateau

Yes, I was making a reference to how it is a cross bike, not a road bike.

philiphwang

opinions?

thirdgenbird

either your fit is completely wrong or you need a smaller frame and 650c (or 26in) wheels

seau grateau

Bingo. Also, remove that ridiculous lock carrier and get any other saddle ever made. edit- Also, get a real lock.

adriano 

the theory behind the front disc mount is explained here https://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewt...f1dbf#16428986 .

my arms are not especially long. i sit back a lot farther than most here so a lot of that seemingly excess fore aft distance is taken up by hips moving back.

i have my fit with an arione dialed, but moving to a different saddle is making me have to do experimentation again. i might actually be going up to plus 20mm on the stem, but i havent tested that yet.

it was a single speed for a weekend!

mashtofu

Cross-posting this from Adriano's thread. Sorry about the horrible image quality.

J.Wolfe

sick bike overall. things i would consider changing if owned:
tires to all black
wheelset to either all silver/black
crankset to something silver
brooks doesnt flow

cinemattic

well, i let adriano have a go at it, why not everyone else?

homebrewk

Your saddle doesn't match the rest of the bike. Needs a silver post too. Everything else looks great!

cinemattic

yea, seems to be about right.

what kinda saddle would go with it? i've been eying the selle italia turbos a bit, but just can't seem to pull the trigger.

edit: also, been looking at kashimax saddles as well...

homebrewk

An SLR Fibra wouldn't look too bad. I think a Turbo would look bloated on a bike with thin(ish) tubing and shallow rims.

Are those Time ATAC's?

homebrewk

That's a nice frame. I think everything goes pretty well together.

Is your frame too small for you?

cinemattic

nah. shimano 105's. my first foray into clipless. lovin it so much. i thought holdfast's were the cat's jammies, but these things are awesome

philiphwang

The frame I believe is a 54 cm (might be 52cm) and i am 5' 10" so it's a good fit.

yummygooey

Do you have really short legs?

philiphwang

i have to raise the seat higher, but i didnt bring tools with me to college so im asking around.

mashtofu

If you can't find a friend or peer with tools, I'm sure any local bike shop will let you use their tools at no charge. Honestly I'd recommend at least getting a good multitool if you're going to be at school all semester. I HIGHLY recommend the new Blackburn Toolmanator 2. It's super small, slim, and lightweight, without being flimsy or cheap. It has pretty much every tool you're going to need, except for a headset press and lockring wrench. I keep my Toolmanator in my pants pocket at all times and I'm never bothered by it in the least (I wear tight pants too!).

Anyway I'm relieved to see that's not your ideal fit setup; my knees ache just looking at that photo. Good looking bike btw; very clean and simple. Welcome to BFSSFG.

EpicSchwinn

Slam stem and get shallower drops. The high stem is taking away from sexiness of the sloping top tube (I <3 lopros!). Also, either get a black stem or a silver post and fork.