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Another "What don't you like about my bike" thread, anybody?

Old 01-06-11, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
Life is just an illusion.
I am interested in hearing your thoughts on this statement.

Could you please elaborate?
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Old 01-06-11, 07:59 PM
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I'll just leave this here and see what happens.


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Old 01-06-11, 08:01 PM
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Old 01-06-11, 08:17 PM
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too many stickers, not a fan of how the seat looks, yellow toe straps don't really go with the rest of the bike. And, not a huge fan of the different spoke colors.
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Old 01-06-11, 08:38 PM
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Straps are backward.
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Old 01-06-11, 09:46 PM
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Put me in the group with the rest of the people who ride their bikes.

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Old 01-06-11, 09:57 PM
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ironically enough, that's one of the least jackass vigorellis i've seen in recent memory.


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turbo reissue? how do you like it? I picked up a charge bucket because I'm cheap, but almost bought one.
turbo reissue works well for me. my ass approves.


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we hate the paint

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Old 01-06-11, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Bat56
Put me in the group with the rest of the people who ride their bikes.
That group doesn't exist.
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Old 01-06-11, 10:12 PM
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be gentle, its my first time
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Originally Posted by happypills
I'll just leave this here and see what happens.

grrrrrrrrr, too many things happening at once
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Originally Posted by lewhand
perfect, what frame is that?
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Old 01-06-11, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by gaozilla


be gentle, its my first time
It'd look nice with a set of box section wheels.

Straps are also backward.
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Old 01-06-11, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Vixtor
Straps are backward.
Originally Posted by Vixtor
It'd look nice with a set of box section wheels.

Straps are also backward.
Ever heard of gravity? Those straps are fine, unless of course you were joking??
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Originally Posted by Vixtor
It'd look nice with a set of box section wheels.

Straps are also backward.
they are low section rims the thing is, my tires are black with a white stripe down the center, so it blends in with the rims and they look like deep section rims.

and the straps fit nice though =/
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Why tape only half the bars?
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This is what I mean:



Straps are supposed to be fed through like the above image, not the other way around.

Originally Posted by gaozilla
they are low section rims the thing is, my tires are black with a white stripe down the center, so it blends in with the rims and they look like deep section rims.

and the straps fit nice though =/
I was nit-picking, because of how perfectly fine your bike looks.

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Old 01-06-11, 10:57 PM
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to give the appearance that he spends most/all of his time on the drops...
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Here is mine flame away
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"Scrod"
Something about the mix of Hipster risers with brooks saddle?
But of course both would look better on my bike!! :-)
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Originally Posted by WickedOne513
Here is mine flame away
Like how your saddle points right at your stem?
Raise up that seatpost 4"
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I hereby quit this thread.
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here is mine
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Originally Posted by Bat56
Put me in the group with the rest of the people who ride their bikes.

Anyone else think those fenders look like gigantic bananas peels? About the front rack, really? how practical are they? Looks like there's only room for a 4-pack of wine coolers. I want to see racks built for 30 pack of beer, damnit.
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Originally Posted by WickedOne513
Here is mine flame away
Looks almost too plain. But I guess that could be a good thing. Is that a Arione saddle? They look cool from the side, but from the top they look a bit wonky.
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Originally Posted by n8murphy
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Look like a Huffy for some reason. Is the rear tire touching the seattube? it appears to be in the photo. Did you want to get the rear wheel so close? Maybe adding a half link would help with clearance. If that thing gets out of true radially...
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