My Fuji Tiara, BIG additon...
08-22-10, 08:11 AM
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My Fuji Tiara, BIG additon...
Made a big addition to my Tiara this morning that has been sitting around undone now for a while. Just for some historical:
As initially completed:
With the addition of white hoods, (stock) white stem, rubber headset covers painted, and a few other tidbits:
And, with the somewhat elusive WHITE Shimano RX100 crankset:
Whatcha think? Took a little polishing compound on the crank and I touched up just a couple dings but otherwise it was really, really, nice. From an eBay seller in Italy. I hope one day to come across the white RX100 brake calipers as well. The last two things I'm looking for: white bottle cages, but want powdercoated, not painted, and a white Zefal frame pump. Ah, the search continues. A couple more shots.
As initially completed:
With the addition of white hoods, (stock) white stem, rubber headset covers painted, and a few other tidbits:
And, with the somewhat elusive WHITE Shimano RX100 crankset:
Whatcha think? Took a little polishing compound on the crank and I touched up just a couple dings but otherwise it was really, really, nice. From an eBay seller in Italy. I hope one day to come across the white RX100 brake calipers as well. The last two things I'm looking for: white bottle cages, but want powdercoated, not painted, and a white Zefal frame pump. Ah, the search continues. A couple more shots.
08-22-10, 08:31 AM
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Steel is real, baby!
Looks awesome!
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very nice. did you see there is one of these in the apprasail threads? how is the Club?
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You should go for a full Sante group 
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Looks great Keith!
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Looks great!
+1 Full Sante would look really awesome.
+1 Full Sante would look really awesome.
08-22-10, 09:08 AM
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Looks good, but I always thought you would go after Ole.
08-22-10, 09:16 AM
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Club comes home.Besides being uber blingy that's uber $$$
Much obliged, I had hoped you'd see it in September
It's just too expensive to put together. The brake calipers are the last thing. All my research tells me they did just the crankset and calipers in white. The rest of the group was the same.
Nah, the RX100 works SO nice I wouldn't change it out. Besides, it did have Shimano out of the gate, I just upped it a cog
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I never hear anything about RX100 on this board but I really like it.
Loving the white crank.
Loving the white crank.
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Looks dang good Keith! Fujis rock.
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Looks great, Gene!
I don't know where I got 'Gene' from, Keith. Looks great regardless. My 2c. - I would go with electric blue bar tape (picking up the Fuji logo), and setting off the white hoods and stem. It's a little too much all in one place, IMO. But this is hair-splitting. It's an awesome looking build, duder.
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I don't know where I got 'Gene' from, Keith. Looks great regardless. My 2c. - I would go with electric blue bar tape (picking up the Fuji logo), and setting off the white hoods and stem. It's a little too much all in one place, IMO. But this is hair-splitting. It's an awesome looking build, duder.
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Yeah...That would work too...SID blue Fizik should do the job!
Looks great, Gene!
I don't know where I got 'Gene' from, Keith. Looks great regardless. My 2c. - I would go with electric blue bar tape (picking up the Fuji logo), and setting off the white hoods and stem. It's a little too much all in one place, IMO. But this is hair-splitting. It's an awesome looking build, duder.
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I don't know where I got 'Gene' from, Keith. Looks great regardless. My 2c. - I would go with electric blue bar tape (picking up the Fuji logo), and setting off the white hoods and stem. It's a little too much all in one place, IMO. But this is hair-splitting. It's an awesome looking build, duder.
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Yes they do, and thanks!
Looks great, Gene! I don't know where I got 'Gene' from, Keith. Looks great regardless. My 2c. - I would go with electric blue bar tape (picking up the Fuji logo), and setting off the white hoods and stem. It's a little too much all in one place, IMO. But this is hair-splitting. It's an awesome looking build, duder. Jesse
Yeah, I know what you mean but then a white saddle just hang there in space, etc. I dunno. I've always been a sucker for white on a bike.How long does it take Paselas to wear out?
I'm considering white for the next set of tires, or if I get something to move the 700x23 Paselas to.Thanks a lot!!!
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Keith, you give me hope that C&Ver's get real mileage too. That's a very practical, yet beautiful setup. Btw, why is your front skewer facing the wrong side?
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Looks awesome. Have you considered a trip to the Powdercoater with the Chainrings and the Bottle Cages?
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