milkbaby

A qualified hot until the pedals are finalized... Not usually a fan of the bigger sized frames because they look somewhat awkward, but I'm digging the tubing shapes. Your tail light is pointing downwards btw.

r8dr_rider

[QUOTE599877]Got from Online Swap Meet; old bike got wrecked in a car accident and I absolutely love the frame so I jumped on it. I might change the cranks eventually, but they feel fine for now. (I might also just see if acetone takes the lettering and details off.) Will probably get praxis rings in future, at least. In the mean time, I'm pretty poor, so I'll try and keep out of this thread .

EDIT: apparently the acetone might be a bad idea, so I'll look into other ways of doing it.

EDIT 2: I'll think about the steerer tube thing; that's not a bad point. I just don't want to cut it before I'm sure of the height I want. For reference, @k_kibbler's comment made me realize that my old quill stem is probably why my sternum is still messed up from my accident, and is kind of motivating me to figure that height out quickly...

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Hot...although chain isnt on big ring

E.S.

LMFAO

arben

Speaking of mailboxes, what do you guys think of this?

Cyckit Aeroclam Underseat Bike Storage | Road Bike Rider

I'm strongly considering buying it; I do need storage of some kind on the bike.

bmcphx

Lol

SpeshulEd 

arundel dual is my favorite saddle bag, big enough to carry everything, yet small enough to not look ridiculous.

bmcphx

All sacks look ridiculous. If you can ride with one bottle (this time of year I do) then get a bottle cage case, it looks like a short bottle but holds your goods. If it's a two bottle day then, well, that's why God gave you pockets.

But please, please, please don't use a seat sack. Literally the most un-hot thing ever invented.

kbarch

I'll stop using a seat sack if you'll stop with the frame-mounted bottles, which are twice as un-hot if you ask me.
It's pretty funny how some bottle cages help a bike get a 'hot', but if bottles are actually in them, it's a 'not.'

bmcphx

Wat

SpeshulEd 

When someone says "seat sack" the first thing that comes to mind are the truck nuts that rednecks put on their vehicles.

bmcphx

That's one of the first things I think of when I see someone using a seat sack. It's bad enough I put a Garmin on the bike, let alone sometimes lights.

SpeshulEd 

Moving downtown has brought an all new appreciation for bikes with a ridiculous amount of nonsense on them. I also want to beat about 98% of those riding cruiser bikes down here - GTFO of the way!

kcollier5

^ I realize this is the blunt and rude Hot R Not, but shouldn't we have appreciation for anyone riding bicycles of any kind? And I would think 'downtown' is probably a better place for a cruiser bike than a road bike, but then again I don't know Phoenix.

I just like to see people on bikes, regardless of whether they are comfortable at 8 mph or 28 mph. And kids on bikes! That's also great!

SpeshulEd 

Oh no, I agree with you. I just get frustrated with the people that have no idea of what is happening in the world around them. Swerving from left to right all lackadaisical in the bike lane, riding on the sidewalk crowded with people, riding the wrong way down the street, etc just drives me insane, and it always seems to be the people on cruiser bikes that are the offenders. People with electric bikes on the sidewalks also seems to happen a lot.

bmcphx

I get the feeling special ed doesn't really live downtown. I rarely, if ever, see electric bikes on the sidewalks downtown and people on cruisers are typically actually on the street. This is my observation and his may vary, but I feel like the situations he is describing are common in the areas just outside of downtown, which coincidentally are more populated and less full of offices.

SpeshulEd 

Correct, I'm at midtown. Willo neighborhood. Whenever I ride downtown, I hardly ever see bikes.

I was generalizing.

Dalzhel

second try, with a finish built.

SpeshulEd 

Yes!!!

Chucka

My new Super 6 is only faster up hill that this bike.

Chucka

gosh, I dont remember it being so small?!

redlude97

All the pieces are there to make a hot bike, but that picture is horrible. Take a step(or 10) back, crouch, and shoot level with the bike

kbarch

He'd need to find a higher snowdrift first, or maybe he could have found a way to lean the bike into the one there. The distortion is unfortunate, but I wouldn't say 'horrible;' you can still tell whether it's a hot bike or not.
Whenever I see that scheme, I think they should do it with a haze gray background instead of black. That would be hot.

TACTIC

kbarch,

When are we going to see your fancy bikes in their current state since I’m officially questioning your taste in bikes!

kbarch

When I become less lazy and forgetful. Whenever I remember to take pictures, the bikes are dirty, and when they're clean, it doesn't occur to me.

I suppose I should subject my own bikes to the same scrutiny and criticism that I so eagerly dish out. To that end I have posted "full body shots" in a couple of other threads, but lacking a garage door or other convenient and suitable background, have been reluctant to make an official "Hot or Not" submission. Knowing the rules, I'd rather not break them without aesthetic justification.

Gus90

Would have been hotter if you'd have peed your name in the snow bank. Seriously though, nice bike. The rear derailleur cable looks a little short though. Maybe it's just me.