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Hot to me. Hotter with black hoods white tape instead.
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Black hoods, black saddle, and replace those bottle cages (they look like cheap plastic ones) and it's hot. Bordering on hot even as it sits.
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Excellent, but a little too serious to be "hot." The hood and tape combination is very striking - an imaginative riff on the design of the frame, and I think the bottle cages are the perfect choice. However, I'm afraid the skull just doesn't fit very well anywhere on the frame, but the placement is probably as good as it's going to get. Are the bars white, or is that just white finishing tape? I'd like to see it with white pedals, too.
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Thanks everyone. I think the tape/hoods discussion is interesting. I had white saddle/tape/hoods on my previous bike and wanted to try something new. I'm not a big fan of white tape/black hoods for some reason. If anything I'll swap saddles and go all black if I get tired of this look.
I put a skull decal on my first bike years ago and it's kind of become my thing. Love it or hate it, at the very least it's been a conversation starter!
I put a skull decal on my first bike years ago and it's kind of become my thing. Love it or hate it, at the very least it's been a conversation starter!
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Your BMC is very hot. Like some others, I am not a fan of white hoods. Still, she's one sweet looking ride.
Your BMC is very hot. Like some others, I am not a fan of white hoods. Still, she's one sweet looking ride.
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Does the tire rub the downtube under hard braking ?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36_83OYrB-8
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Perhaps you would like to tell this guy to change out his cheap bottle cage too (same one):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36_83OYrB-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36_83OYrB-8
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I agree with @bmcphx regarding the cages. As far as the other white bits, they actually work. Hot
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Clearance is close for sure, but no rubbing.
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Ok, So my first reaction was "Cool! I love the back and tan color of the saddle, hoods, BMC and stripes!" But now I realize that they should be white in color but because of the digital camera no flash they appear as tan. Too bad. The black and tan thing would be very distinctive!
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Isn't that a TT frame? Are you going to RR on it? Dunno about the geo of the BMCs but my TT bike would make a crap RR bike due the slack head tube, steep seat tube, tight clearances and relatively wimpy bottom bracket.
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That BMC is beautiful. I'm a murdered-out kinda guy, but that color scheme is totally rad.
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Thanks. Not a TT frame; it's their aero road frame. As with all my bikes it will see a lot of race action, both rr and crits.
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As far as keeping things clean goes, I don't see why the saddle would be so hard to keep reasonably bright. Also, I think white hoods are a better choice than the more conventional white bar tape. it seems the hoods could still look OK despite a bit of grubbiness. I've definitely found that to be the case with white pedals - I have some and very much like the look of them still, despite the fact that they are far from pristine and difficult to brighten. On the other hand, there's something about white bar tape that makes it look not merely dirty, but sloppy when it gets grubby, so I agree it should be avoided in most circumstances.
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Ok, So my first reaction was "Cool! I love the back and tan color of the saddle, hoods, BMC and stripes!" But now I realize that they should be white in color but because of the digital camera no flash they appear as tan. Too bad. The black and tan thing would be very distinctive!
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HA! I had the same thought!
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