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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 09-06-14, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by dnslater
2011 Guru Praemio frame with components transferred from my old bike. I have short legs/long torso so not much drop to bars. Might lose the spacers at some point and cut down the steerer tube.

Not "hot", but it's not a bad looking bike. I'd lower the levers a bit, and maybe rotate the bars a tiny amount lower.
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Old 09-06-14, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jkuper
Thanks for your concern. I already own the frameset https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...l#post17016072. You might want to wait until they drop before calling me son. Until than keep swinging off WhyFi's
If you had any goddamned clue, you would understand that "the same frame" means jack squat in hot-or-not. Different sizes of the same frame can have very different lines and proportions - some more pleasing than others. Even if it's the same frame in the same size, the endless combinations of equipment to outfit the frame with will have a huge impact on how visually appealing it is. Going a step further and assuming that it's the same frame, the same size and same build list, how it's set up can vary wildly and will also have a huge impact on how appealing it is. IOW, posting a bike owned by someone else in no way reflects how your bike will look and how it will be received. I'm oh-so-happy that you're enthusiastic about your upcoming build, but this is not yet the thread to hook the validation that you're obviously fishing for.
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Old 09-06-14, 01:08 PM
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Sorry WhyFi, but it must be said.

You're supposed to be nice in this thread. The butthurt is huge if you say anything contrary to what the person displaying the bike wants to hear. Above all, this is the anti-butthurt thread.

Now please give him his participation medal.
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Old 09-06-14, 01:09 PM
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I said that I was happy for him... kind of...


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Old 09-06-14, 01:11 PM
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I guess that's kind of like giving him his well deserved medal.
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Old 09-06-14, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
Sorry WhyFi, but it must be said.

You're supposed to be nice in this thread. The butthurt is huge if you say anything contrary to what the person displaying the bike wants to hear. Above all, this is the anti-butthurt thread.

Now please give him his participation medal.
People are obviously having trouble telling them apart.

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Old 09-06-14, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
People are obviously having trouble telling them apart.

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Weird, isn't it. Though, that one turned into the Vintage/Retro Hot or Not, and seat wedges and water bottles became the theme of the day.
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Old 09-06-14, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
People are obviously having trouble telling them apart.

#merge
Or we could just change the name of this one to 'hot or hot'
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Old 09-06-14, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Or we could just change the name of this one to 'hot or hot'
I like it.
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Old 09-06-14, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Or we could just change the name of this one to 'hot or hot'
Hot!
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Old 09-06-14, 07:28 PM
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Made a few changes to the Lynskey



One reason was to put the white Arione on my Giant TCR.

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Old 09-06-14, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by RPK79
Not mine, but I have the same brake pads and cable housing so fire away
not quite a medal worthy effort, but here is a swell ribbon...

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Old 09-07-14, 09:21 AM
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Still waiting for a smaller handlebar. Too busy with the kids can't test ride it as of yet.

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Old 09-07-14, 10:14 AM
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Lookie there...your bike is staring at itself in the mirror!
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Old 09-07-14, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by tdong
Still waiting for a smaller handlebar. Too busy with the kids can't test ride it as of yet.

It's probably just the angle/focus of the shot, but that chainring looks ginormous!
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Old 09-07-14, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by SpeshulEd
It's probably just the angle/focus of the shot, but that chainring looks ginormous!
At least a 55t it seems. Wow... That's pretty big for such a small frame.
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Old 09-07-14, 01:09 PM
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Isn't that bike supposed to be a Tri frame with aero bars only? Is it comfortable at all with that setup?
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Old 09-07-14, 01:24 PM
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because it is 54/42 for 650c wheels. It is a tri bike but I convert it to road.

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It's probably just the angle/focus of the shot, but that chainring looks ginormous!
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Old 09-07-14, 01:26 PM
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since this frame has seat angle from 72.5 to 80 it can be a road or a tri. just like cervelo s5

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Isn't that bike supposed to be a Tri frame with aero bars only? Is it comfortable at all with that setup?
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Old 09-07-14, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by tdong
Still waiting for a smaller handlebar. Too busy with the kids can't test ride it as of yet.

Odd conversion. It's made for aero-bars, not drop bars. (And it's not a Talon)
How's the handling?
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Old 09-07-14, 01:33 PM
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hard to take my own pic. but It fits me well. on the trainer for 100km already so far so good

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Isn't that bike supposed to be a Tri frame with aero bars only? Is it comfortable at all with that setup?
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Old 09-07-14, 01:38 PM
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by the way what hotter is that the bike cost 1K brand new with sram red groupset
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Even kinkier.... you staring at yourself in the mirror watching your bike stare at itself in the mirror...
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not the best pic but i d c
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not the best pic but i d c
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