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05-12-24, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jbchybridrider

A touchy one for you all

There's nothing original about the bike it's built over years to my ultimate bike and to a budget.
Mid 90's Olympia Fusari EL-os as pictured without bottles 8.26kg.

Hot, Not a fan of the blue tape though. It’s distracting IMO. Also, why are the rear and front calipers different?

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05-12-24, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by bampilot06

Hot, Not a fan of the blue tape though. It’s distracting IMO. Also, why are the rear and front calipers different?

Yeah I'll change the tape, it's what I had on hand when I bought new bars and stem so could ride next day. Calipers are both ice grey Force, I had silver Red on there just prefered gray. I would prefer black really but may go back to the Red's in the meantime

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05-12-24, 09:03 AM

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Rear looks blue front looks chrome. What do I know.

05-12-24, 05:48 PM

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05-12-24, 05:59 PM

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Hot.

I don't like colored bar tape, but hot on yours. Gumwall look isn't my favorite, but it hits well on this bike.

Well done.

05-13-24, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by MoAlpha

Yeah, fair enough, but then you'll like my wife's bike, which is full custom and has somewhat nicer work. Peter converted it to a flat-bar old lady's bike for her a few years ago.

Pre-conversion

Post-conversion

Seat lug

Beautiful. Nice (as original) crankset!

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05-13-24, 10:25 AM

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Nice bike, but the fit looks a bit off--lots off seatpost and steerer showing under the stem. Did you get a fit when you bought this? I would hope so on a ~$12-15k bike.

Also, SPDs on an Aethos? Bro.

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+1 all that, also that seatpost has too much visual bulk around the clamp, and new Red makes those levers look so ugly.

Slicker post, slam and trim the front, and some of those new levers with the pistons where they belong, and that thing would be totally banging.