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Old 01-17-12, 08:26 PM
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have you been wearing your orion? i have and it's awesome in the snow.

i actually wore it as a second midlayer my last trip up to the pass.

everyday!
thats why i don't think i'd ever need something warmer/******-er
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crabon/campy/rapha/roadie-bro.

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I just can't justify dropping $400 on a jacket.
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New Masi
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^ that actually looks pretty good
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Masi has some nice looking 2012 models.
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Originally Posted by Santaria


Masi has some nice looking 2012 models.
Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
More colorway run amuck

it's like two long lost brothers
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Originally Posted by mazdaspeed
^ that actually looks pretty good
But not as nice as an old Masi:

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wow that is one steep headtoob
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Originally Posted by bbattle
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So... uhm... What, exactly, ARE those brake cables connected to?
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So... uhm... What, exactly, ARE those brake cables connected to?
New Campy ESP modules: you brake with your MIND!

(...or perhaps cross top levers...)
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Originally Posted by AEO
it's like two long lost brothers
True, other than one looks like a bad idea to convince kids that they're black, they're white...and the other is a cross bike that should never be that clean again
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Originally Posted by mconlonx
New Campy ESP modules: you brake with your MIND!

(...or perhaps cross top levers...)
New invisible levers apparently. (ps run amok)
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Every time I see your username though, I think it's mine at first glance.

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Originally Posted by illdthedj
lol its funny i thought the exact same about the 2011 madison:


soooo ugly. but. i dont know why. i sort of like it lol....reminds me of those centurion ironmans....

C&V has such an obsession with this bike . . .

I personally do not understand the appeal of garish pink and garish yellow, but the red one looks nice:





...er, this post is totally on-topic. Yes.
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Originally Posted by bbattle
New Masi
yeah that looks good.
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They're cross levers, lbs sells Masi's I see em all the time
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new x4 is nice. looks more rounded? also the flip flop logo like the x2

can't trust any of the stores you sell x4s to send out this version yet unless they have this image up. competitive cyclist has them, most everyone else showing the older one
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Speaking of colorways run amok... 2012 Super Pista "150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy" Edition:



Inspiration for the bars:



Then there's this:



And the 2012 Pista Classica, which looks like an awful shade of green in this shot...



but is apparently actually still Celeste and they just made the lugs cream instead of chrome... meh. Would still ride though.

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Old 01-19-12, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by hamfoh
new x4 is nice. looks more rounded? also the flip flop logo like the x2

can't trust any of the stores you sell x4s to send out this version yet unless they have this image up. competitive cyclist has them, most everyone else showing the older one
Angie's had one on her 721 for quite a while now and most of the ones RG has in stock are like this. The only difference from the previous version is the flip flop logo.
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Old 01-19-12, 11:57 AM
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oh I guess that's a really nice lighting job then, it looks all nice and rounder 'stuff at first glance

at least at 3am it did!
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I wouldn't mind that Super Pista if it was just the frame that had that colorway.

They just really went ****ing overboard with the bars and chain. I've never been a fan of colored tires either.
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The new masi SSCX rides crazy nice, it also has clearance for some of the smaller 29er tires. Def a step closer to production montercross
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i've always hate these for some reason, and this colourway just doesn't work with my tastes
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Originally Posted by renton20
The new masi SSCX rides crazy nice, it also has clearance for some of the smaller 29er tires. Def a step closer to production montercross
would be beastly for polo to
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i've always hate these for some reason, and this colourway just doesn't work with my tastes
what is this? a specialized globe? the toptube looks anerexic. oop! it dropped a tennis ball there~
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