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Don't look at the valves.

Oooof.

Almost permanent alignment of wrongness makes it nearly alright again - valves so embarrassed they lean as if scurrying out of shot.

maybe the rider pedals so hard, they wind up like that over time. of course.

would have to pedal really hard to get the front valve to move

riding/braking before tubular glue dried

^^ more likely just badly fitted. It's quite an easy mistake to make.

riding/braking before tubular glue dried

Well he must be good at riding backwards and then brake really hard without making the front wheel skid.

serotta needs black calipers

Oh buddy..

That really is gorgeous. But what stem is it?

Personally, I would change the chain to a black one, black brakes and a different stem. Would make it perfect. It's already a beautiful bike but it would finish it off.

3T something. Actually I think only the top of the range does a -17deg.

arx team does -17. Either its the dark series or they got some acetone on the red stripe (looks like it still has the white logo on top).

I removed the white decals from my ergosum bars with acetone from boots and 30mins of elbow grease.

Very nice Super Acciaio. Many scoblebrick.

It'd be supernice with less headtube and -6* stem. I'm sure there is an inverse shim available...

+1 black chain, black brakes, -6 stem and a brick wall. Lovely!

Would look like any other stealth bike all black. Matches the silver mechs and bolts well too.

Just badass.

god that's good

Love the sexy headset cap!

wish the modern Acciaio was that nice

fiddy dorrah says it's owned by a graphic designer.

The Pedalroom info confirms it's an ARX Team stem by the way, 130mm / -17°.

cosidering blacking out the 3t on my talbot

Its pretty easy. I would advise you keep the alignment markings / lengths / angle text as it can get confusing down the line if you don't. I masked out the ones on the bars to avoid having to get a tape measure out every time i remounted them.