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fat bloke

Alanbt wrote: »

Took the day off to finish this. Still a few things to do - need to flip the stem and add mudguards for all weather duty. Think it looks great.
2nd hand Condor Fratello frameset, ultegra groupset, superstar pave 28 rims with DT Swiss 350 hubs.

Jeez.... does the eye of the beholder trump this thread cos.... I don't like that at all..

It's a lovely frame and maybe just a tweak or two would sort it... - The saddle too far forward, the y-gap seatpost, the rising stem... - it looks frankly like a bike that doesn't fit you. I don't like the ultegra on it, I don't like the wheels. It needs colour SOMEwhere to compliment the frame I think, but I don't have the Diarmuid Gavin in me to advise you where! .

Alanbt

fat bloke wrote: »

Jeez.... does the eye of the beholder trump this thread cos.... I don't like that at all..

It's a lovely frame and maybe just a tweak or two would sort it... - The saddle too far forward, the y-gap seatpost, the rising stem... - it looks frankly like a bike that doesn't fit you. I don't like the ultegra on it, I don't like the wheels. It needs colour SOMEwhere to compliment the frame I think, but I don't have the Diarmuid Gavin in me to advise you where! .

That was before tweaking to adjust for fit. Already said I’d be flipping the stem, and saddle has been adjust since too. It’s my workhorse bike, so doesn’t have fancy wheels. Some colour in the bar plugs and stem cap.
You’re entitled to your opinion but tbh you sound like a bit of a d1ck

fat bloke

Alanbt wrote: »

You’re entitled to your opinion but tbh you sound like a bit of a d1ck

And now, so do you.

(your bike is manky)

Alanbt

fat bloke wrote: »

And now, so do you.

(your bike is manky)

Ha! Let’s call it quits here. I can’t compete with such a powerful keyboard critic

Jaysus put the handbags away fellas

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Lumen

Can we all just take a moment to unite against the expensive fugly dogvomit that is Raam's TT bike?

Raam

Lumen wrote: »

Can we all just take a moment to unite against the expensive fugly dogvomit that is Raam's TT bike?

That stickmans hand looks eh...... like something

letape

cletus

Thought I'd clicked into the pictures of ugly thread, couldn't figure out what was wrong with the bike above...

Trekker09

letape wrote: »

Is that the new Campag 12 speed? Absolute stunner

letape

Yes it’s the new 12 speed mechanical super record. Not mine unfortunately.

iwillhtfu

That's a beauty but the crankset is just a tad to bulky looking I'd probably swap it out.

What's going on with the rear mech is that typical of campag? I'm not familiar with it but it looks like it's built for a wide range cassette like a MTB rear mech

letape

iwillhtfu wrote: »

That's a beauty but the crankset is just a tad to bulky looking I'd probably swap it out.

What's going on with the rear mech is that typical of campag? I'm not familiar with it but it looks like it's built for a wide range cassette like a MTB rear mech

Yeah I think the chainset and rear aren’t great / prob prefer the previous 11 speed groupset. Rear mech takes up to a 34t sprocket. Groupset would look more in proportion on a bigger frame.

Lumen

letape wrote: »

Rear mech takes up to a 34t sprocket.

On that frame? Sacrilege!

OleRodrigo

I like the 12 speed gruppos, but they're aimed at touring/ adventure/ gravel machines as well as road bikes.

12 speed Super Record on a gravel bike would seem quite daft though.

letape

New set of wheels...

OleRodrigo

Plastik

Torres09

Plastik wrote: »

I don't know what's more impressive the bike or the shed:P

letape

Plastik wrote: »

Plastik - colour aside, it looks very like the picture you just posted in the “images of ugly thread”?!

Plastik

letape wrote: »

Plastik - colour aside, it looks very like the picture you just posted in the “images of ugly thread”?!

I'm very torn. Is it a beauty, is it an ulcer. Some of them look hopelessly rancid, but I'd be all over this all white test mule!

letape

Plastik wrote: »

I'm very torn. Is it a beauty, is it an ulcer. Some of them look hopefully rancid, but I'd be all over this all white test mule!

Agreed. Not something like I have ever bought but I can see the attraction and would be happy to have it!

CramCycle

Its the headset that ruins the green one but the cross chaining is poor form with the white one

Plastik

The spacers are needed to completely hide the brake cables on the green bike. You can see where they enter an exposed channel in front of the headset on the white bike without them.

The second bike is ruined, in particular, by someone who thought that green, silver, and PEACH would make a good combination on a bike. PEACH!

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There are times for peach, I'm here for the peach :P . That bike, however, with the wrong shades of grey and green with the poor peach is not one of those times.
In fairness you really need to dress peach well for it to work.

Thargor

Can you tell cross chaining from a pic or do you have to look up the specs?

tuxy

Thargor wrote: »

Can you tell cross chaining from a pic or do you have to look up the specs?

You can tell from a pic. Big ring up front and chain near the spokes at the back is a bad chain line.

CramCycle

Thargor wrote: »

Can you tell cross chaining from a pic or do you have to look up the specs?

Green is OK as its mid cassette to a ring, I would have preferred large chainring to smallest cog but it is acceptable, the white bike though, mother of god, big ring to largest cog, in a posed photo, not even just chancing it in a race.