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One More Solo said:
Beat me to it. Some normal wheels would set that off a treat (thinking H Plus Son Archetype rims?), the deep ones just look wrong.
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Archetypes look awesome (says the man with three pairs).

platypus said:
The wheels are back to front!
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No, it's bike that's back to front. The wheels are in the right place.

Also, check out the valve length on the shallow rim. /shudder.

Is this becoming an 'elbows too pointy' meme thing?
 
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[DOD]Asprilla;24740982 said:
Is this becoming an 'elbows too pointy' meme thing?
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Are you suggesting that bikes are like women, in so far as you need to ride them before you're allowed to judge them aesthetically? ;)
 
Okay, here is a nicer De Rosa IMO and one for uniQ although it is Campag!

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Give me a black saddle and black tape and I'll have it!

EDIT: You might appreciate the rest of this guy's Cervelo collection.

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It's a nice bike but I prefer this colourway:

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That guy has good taste, all R series :) The silver one is top of my list to replace my Ti at the moment. Edit is the bottom one an R3 MUD? They're rare as ****.
 
I think my money-no-object wheelset would be Campagnolo Boras or Cosmic Carbone Ultimates.

Hmm should probably work instead of browsing bike porn!
 
Saundie said:
Ah, fair enough. It always seemed to me to be too risky to use the tri bars on the road. I see your point, though. It's not as though you're going to be surprised by traffic lights and junctions - you can see them for a long time before you get them, after all. I am surprised by how much of a difference getting down on the drops has made - my average speed on my commute home last week was 25.2km/h, this week it's been 26.9km/h. The reality for me is that I should work on losing the extra 7kg or so of weight I'm carrying before I consider things like tri bars.
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Yeah exactly, I see quite a few people round here using them too. When I first put the tri bars on though I remember getting an extra mph on my averages easily, in some cases 2. It's especially noticeable I to wind. I remember one section I was testing it on the hoods and I could just hold 14mph into wind up a slight incline, same effort on the tri bars and I was doing 17mph.

Also that r5ca is just sensational. Do want.
 
SoliD said:
Unless you're right up the front fighting for a box of chocolates :D
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Apparently they're having a 'handicap night' next week as it gets towards end of season. In theory everyone starts at different times but finishes at roughly the same time, should be a laugh.

If only I had my multi tool with me, could fit the bars for the commute home and get practicing.
 
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