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#1627
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Hot AF, and I for one appreciate it when somebody tries hard. IMO you succeed with the decals. Also, it's fun to see them strobing away underneath you, and it gives you a very easy way to know your speed without looking at your computer; your peripheral vision just keeps tabs on it instead.
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#1628
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Hot AF, and I for one appreciate it when somebody tries hard. IMO you succeed with the decals. Also, it's fun to see them strobing away underneath you, and it gives you a very easy way to know your speed without looking at your computer; your peripheral vision just keeps tabs on it instead.
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#1632
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#1633
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Small update: ditched the flashy blue/red decals for something much less flashy. New decals are gloss black that fade into metallic gold edges. They match all of the other gold Titanium hardware and are really only visible in direct sunlight. Pretty much disappear at acute angles.
#1634
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Small update: ditched the flashy blue/red decals for something much less flashy. New decals are gloss black that fade into metallic gold edges. They match all of the other gold Titanium hardware and are really only visible in direct sunlight. Pretty much disappear at acute angles.
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#1635
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#1636
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Small update: ditched the flashy blue/red decals for something much less flashy. New decals are gloss black that fade into metallic gold edges. They match all of the other gold Titanium hardware and are really only visible in direct sunlight. Pretty much disappear at acute angles.
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#1637
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#1638
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I had a Retül bike fit done by my LBS that built it. They sent the measurements over to the mechanic. This was the end result. I haven’t had any discomfort in the knees or really felt like I needed to be 10mm lower at the handlebars. Wasn’t broke so I didn’t fix it.
I get it though. Just doesn’t look pro. Wish it did. Damn parents.
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#1639
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I'm with you on the bottle cages TBH. I go back and forth between liking how they aren't super prominent and thinking that they need to be a different color so they don't just disappear on the bike. Plus there's just not a lot of silver on the bike so they seem a little bit out of place. They're lovely cages though...
#1640
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#1641
So it is
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Bottle cages are a necessity on a bike, not the focal point. Those cages are fine, or even traditional style cages in flat black. Those are clean and simple, (to mirror the words up above) and they do the job. If you don't see the cages, that's not a bad thing, but if the cages are all you see, well....
#1642
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I hate cages, they look crap and get in the way of portage. Where's the magnetic option?
Okay, I guess a magnet that'd keep a full bottle on securely would weigh a lot and make grabbing the bottle hard, but there's gotta be a way, some sort of clip in conjunction maybe.
Okay, I guess a magnet that'd keep a full bottle on securely would weigh a lot and make grabbing the bottle hard, but there's gotta be a way, some sort of clip in conjunction maybe.
#1643
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New stem, steerer tube cut.
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#1644
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#1645
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#1648
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This is my new CAAD13. The only thing I have done so fat is add the Elite bottle cages in titanium/black, Zipp bar stem and the Selle Italia Gel Flow Ti that I’ve had for around 10 years. I feel like it needs something; different bar tape or possibly a different color for bottle cages.
New wheels will happen probably this winter but for now, these will have to do.
Let me have it. Suggestions?
New wheels will happen probably this winter but for now, these will have to do.
Let me have it. Suggestions?
#1649
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IMHO, unless you properly level the bars and levers, this bike will be unable to attain luke warmness, let alone hotness. Still, it’s a CAAD, a perpetually well-received work horse of a steed.
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