mconlonx

Logo on DT printed out of register. Defective, return to manufacturer.

bmontgomery87

I'd mount in on the garage floor.

The thread is "what don't you like about my bike". I don't have to ride his bike, so aesthetically, that is one of the things that looks unappealing to me.

We on day two of the pissing contest or something?

iTripped

yeah, that never gets old.

Huffandstuff

Call me crazy but I don't much care for the vigs new colorway, other than that it's perfect.

mconlonx

What can I say -- I work in the print world and with the way things are going digital, it won't be relevant much longer (if it even is now for most people), gotta get it in while I can.

That's the worst I can come up with on that bike, and it doesn't even bother me all that much... Sweet bike.

prooftheory

That's what that is? I thought it would pop out at me if I put on 3d glasses.

Scrodzilla

I've had eight cups of coffee so far and I'm ****ing ready!

zazata

my bike...

SquidPuppet

Thank you for taking the time to properly position the tire logos and crank.

Chain looks droopy.

TejanoTrackie 

That's because it's more important to slam the rear wheel than to have proper chain tension.

SquidPuppet

That sure seems to be the trend. I guess the 3.207 fewer mms really make it handle like a dream.

rex615

That's funny, now I can never look at those brakes the same way.

kite991

Here's my bike, this is my second time posting a picture

excuse the crappy cellphone pic too, forgot to grab the camera when I left






Edit: I've fixed the awkward handle bar angle.

SquidPuppet

They are neither SS nor fixed.

Never, ever, pose an offroad bike next to lacey drapes with tassled pullbacks. Massive culture clash faux pas.

SquidPuppet

"Pipe Cleaner" seatpost looks wonky in that seat tube.

Saddle tilt.

Soo__Fuego

Those are some knardly lil bars, what are they?

kite991

Squidpuppet: Should I get the leader aero seat post? Ive been on the fence about purchasing a new one, but my seat post isnt that high up so I'm worried that the aero seat post won't fit or it'd look funky. Maybe next time I'm in SoCal I'll take a down to Scrod's shop and see if I can test out Leader's Aero seatpost to see if itll even fit me. Sucks having short legs...

Also I realized that my seat rails were loose when I fell off of my bike not more than 5 minutes later

Soo_Fuego: Those are FSA Compact Drops, I got them from Retrogression a while back. After using a bunch of drops and disliking all of them, I bit the bullet and got these and since then I haven't thought about swapping bars.

SquidPuppet

Use what YOU dig. To me the standard round tube just looks out of place with the rest of the frame. But it aint my bike.

hairnet

Round posts are fine. Those aero seatposts look bad.

Scrodzilla

+1

Dixie Gentleman

Picked up a longer stem and setback seat post, to feel the difference.

jared1988

Thanks, the multiple shades of gold are starting to bug me. Kind of want to get rid of the seatpost and spacers and go black, chain ring looks kinda close to the wheels, I think (I'm red green color blind). Frame is actually too big, according to my bike fit I need a 60cm ST and a 55cm TT, that bike is 57.7cm TT and 58cm ST.

Thanks, I'd like to run brakeless but don't want to deal with cops and that 1 "oh ****" occasion. Been hit once, not that the brake made a difference at the time. I got a wife and kids haha

Maybe on the TT? I heard that's pretty cool

neamatoad

yeah I've only had it built for a week or so so I'm still working out the saddle placement and I agree the chain is a little goofy

my daily commute to and from work is a whopping total of 1.8 miles so the tires were more of a curiosity than anything else

e: which is not to say I built it as a commuter, I have other bikes for that

bmontgomery87

^ lol at that lever mount
@kite991 how are you liking that crankset? I ordered one for my 721 and it only lasted a day. The threads were messed up on my drive side and my pedal stripped it's way out. I ended up changing to the rd2. The black looks good on your bike.

kite991

Wow that's crazy. I too am running with RD2s though with the Sugino Messenger Chainring (bought from retrogression). I havent had any issues with them since I've switched to my 725.


Also: I like Aero seatposts, but I think maybe if my frame was flatter looking like the 735 it would look better, but I do like my carbon fiber leader seatpost I got for 40$