Bike porn

It's because the bottom of the drops are too far from the front wheel.

Which is greatly exaggerated by pics taking from below.

Black anodised teeth always end up silver anyway, assuming you clean the paste of oil and powdered anodisation off them.

Quality black chainrings age gracefully. Machined ones look gash from day one, and stay that way.

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Quality black chainrings age gracefully. Machined ones look gash from day one, and stay that way.

Improving my English:

Gracefully, adverb, derivate from graceful, adjective= covered with scratches and scuffs.

Duly noted!

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The yellow tape on that Bottecchia is really bothering me, it doesn't sit right with the fluoro yellow on the frame. Otherwise, it's lovely.

yeah team adr had some nice spreckled fluo/purple tape and cables should prob be white

^lovely

there is one bottecchia fluoro like this commuting I keep seeing on Holoway rd.

Possible re, but lovely none the less

This is such a clean build, and even though I don't really get SSCX, I really like this -

http://www.bristoldropouts.com/communities/9/004/008/888/789/images/4592265466.swf

Why are you trying to use a flash animation to show us a photo of a bike?

am i? Sorry didn't realize.

Possible re, but lovely none the less

Couldn't agree less. The frame's lovely, but the build makes me itch. Awful.

Couldn't agree less. The frame's lovely, but the build makes me itch. Awful.

Agreed, especially that dynamo routing. It's making me grind my teeth.

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http://www.bristoldropouts.com/communities/9/004/008/888/789/images/4592265466.swf

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Couldn't agree less. The frame's lovely, but the build makes me itch. Awful.

Aye, no spacers, proper tyres, and different cranks and it'd be a lot better.

Agreed, especially that dynamo routing. It's making me grind my teeth.

Lol! I noticed that after posting it and have to agree, that could have been done soo much better, and it's not like they couldn't, they did a damn good job on the frame, just looks sloppy and impatient.

The (OTT) rear rack appears to have been shaped around an oval rear wheel.

there is one bottecchia fluoro like this commuting I keep seeing on Holoway rd.

I would offer to buy it on the spot

Here's my two pennys worth on this thread - it's less bike porn and more photography porn.

Does anyone ride half these bike? or do they just keep them in showrooms, museums, sheds and polish them every second of the day. I can't take any bike seriously as porn unless it looks like its being ridden, like someone is getting the enjoyment out of it, like its being lived. Isn't that what its all about bike = man+machine in symbiotic relationship?

Here's my two pennys worth on this thread - it's less bike porn and more photography porn.

Does anyone ride half these bike? or do they just keep them in showrooms, museums, sheds and polish them every second of the day. I can't take any bike seriously as porn unless it looks like its being ridden, like someone is getting the enjoyment out of it, like its being lived. Isn't that what its all about bike = man+machine in symbiotic relationship?

You can't appreciate a bike unless it's been ridden, I can't appreciate a bike unless the valves are aligned properly. It's the variety of life that gives it its flavour, non?