More gears, less tears

More: http://www.thehippy.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=180

i think you have taken a photo of every possible angle.

Did that bloke in the white jacket try and nick your bike ?

owwwwwww

tynan Did that bloke in the white jacket try and nick your bike ?

haha do you often ask for no lube when having your arsehole stuffed with rodents?

nice bike, so many carbon parts, what does it weigh in at?

some how i don't think hippy worries about its weight

I bet it's underweight for the TDF.

it's really, really gay.

you must be well minted, hippy-lad.

to be spunking up on a plastic bullet like that

Very nice, hippy! Although I must add, at the time I looked at the pics, any that had the words ShimaNo in it had no views :0p

Using it tomorrow, or wait til you've ridden it a few more miles?

7.6kg with pedals according to cyclingnews.com: http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2005/reviews/specialized_tarmac
Mine's got SPD-SLs, Ksyrium ES wheelset, ITM stem, Toupe saddle so that'll differ a bit but it's probably still under 8kg.
But it's not the weight that's cool.. it's the stiffness.. oh man it hates London traffic.. it just wants to gooooo! :D

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hippy [quote]tynan Did that bloke in the white jacket try and nick your bike ?

haha do you often ask for no lube when having your arsehole stuffed with rodents?[/quote]

I sometimes use a little but butter.

indeed, it's more hetero than pastel coloured oury grips and spazzospoks.

I used one of those spesh things (might have been lowed down the food chain than the s-works, but still £1400 or whatever) to go down to that hillclimb. I absolutely hated it in traffic (freewheels and aero brakes suck in town) but it was nice on the open road, superfast.

gave me a really bad back cos it was too small and the bars were too low, but one can't complain about free things

hippy [quote]I've not had much chance to setup the position and I'm not at all sure about the Toupe saddle yet. I like my SLR..

SLR = best saddle ever.

not too sure about it myself hippy, you gonna ride it tonight
maybe a drag race - what do ya think?

You wanna race? I was gonna fix the puncture on the Soma but I could bring out the Spesh.. although I'd prefer not to be traffic dodging on it.. first night home and all! :S

RPM indeed, it's more hetero than pastel coloured oury grips and spazzospoks.
I used one of those spesh things (might have been lowed down the food chain than the s-works, but still £1400 or whatever) to go down to that hillclimb. I absolutely hated it in traffic (freewheels and aero brakes suck in town) but it was nice on the open road, superfast. gave me a really bad back cos it was too small and the bars were too low, but one can't complain about free things

I don't like it in traffic either (although it IS a shitload more nimble than the Ribble) but that's not what it was built for, obviously. It will be aimed OUT of London.
This ain't free so it better do what it's supposed to! :)

What's with the crack on the seat tube / top tube intersection ?

You are evil.

hah!

he won't fall for that

BringMeMyFix You are evil.

:D muwwahhahaHAHAHAhahahAHAHA

RPM hah!

he won't fall for that

It was worth it if only for that half second of dread he probably went through !!

:D

just a scratch on the laquer..

tynan [quote]RPM hah!

he won't fall for that

It was worth it if only for that half second of dread he probably went through !!

:D[/quote]

true, true..