That's a bit too much look at me, look at me for my tastes. I think if you turn up at a group ride lots would be expected of you. Bit like the lads that wore white footy boots in the 90s
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Two wicked looking builds on that page alone. Similar aero to my S5 yet over a kilo lighter. Want!
Unlikely to be buying it in the next 6 months but bit concerning some of the posts on there talking about the bars being over flexible from the bigger lads. Don't like the sound of that. I hit my fastest ever speed during a descent at the weekend - 82.4kmh and can regularly push out 1,100+ watts. Couldn't contemplate that on something that didn't feel firm in every aspect.
The only counter to it being a guy who is 70kgs saying they are very stiff. Ok mate
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That's a bit too much look at me, look at me for my tastes. I think if you turn up at a group ride lots would be expected of you. Bit like the lads that wore white footy boots in the 90s
I dunno, I think that too many bikes have boring paintjobs. I love some of the world tour bikes because they have garish paintjobs. EF usually have great paint schemes. The new Rose rockets team have more fun painjobs on the rose shave they are riding. The cycling media has been going a bit crazy over the new Rose Shave for some reason and its got the worlds most boring paint choices.
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It looks almost like a placeholder frame its that dull and generic. The complete lack of branding to break up the colour is awful.
This is much more interesting.
Two wicked looking builds on that page alone. Similar aero to my S5 yet over a kilo lighter. Want!
Unlikely to be buying it in the next 6 months but bit concerning some of the posts on there talking about the bars being over flexible from the bigger lads. Don't like the sound of that. I hit my fastest ever speed during a descent at the weekend - 82.4kmh and can regularly push out 1,100+ watts. Couldn't contemplate that on something that didn't feel firm in every aspect.
The only counter to it being a guy who is 70kgs saying they are very stiff. Ok mate
Yeah, some very nice builds in that thread. Lol I think you're right in taking the opinion on that poster with some salt though!
Though I like colours so if I was going the Seka route I'd be all over the purple or pink frames, cause I am a tart
I think that's partly the reason I want a new bike - even more than Di2!!
I bought it during covid and bikes would be in stock for a few seconds so you had to act fast. I actually wanted the bike I got in a bright blue but it was constantly out of stock. They had the bare carbon black in stock for a few minutes one day and I just bought it as I didn't want to be waiting another few weeks before I had the chance again - if I had the chance again.
It's just so boring... several shades of black/grey... that's it
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It's just so boring... several shades of black/grey... that's it
I love my TCR SL and the paintjob is really nice but I also really loved my last one with a blue palette.
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/gb/tcr-advanced-sl-frameset-2025 thats the current one.
this is the previous.
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Yeah, its really common for brands to give their cheaper bikes really dull paint jobs and reserve the good ones for the more expensive ones. I get that it costs more to do an interesting one but we're probably talking £50 and I reckon most customers would happily have the choice to pay that to get a nicer one. Whats £50 on a few thousand or more.
I can only assume it does drive enough people to buy the more expensive one simply to get the better paint.
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In some ways, I prefer the bland bike colours as the kit I wear is likely to be rather vibrant. If you have too many colours on your bike, kit is hard to match. I think we all agree, the most important thing in cycling is good colour coordination.
I may or may not have recently bought some bougie white shoes so that I have more outfit choices on the bike and because I wanted to wear white socks more
You gonna wear those on the wet/damp days? May look like you had an accident
I try and stick to either black or colourful jerseys now. Quite a fan of the recent ones I got from lecol. 'grape' and 'orchid'. I bought a white lightweight rapha jersey a few years ago. thin/lightweight jersey and dark skin doesn't play nicely together as it just reveals everything
I try and stick to either black or colourful jerseys now. Quite a fan of the recent ones I got from lecol. 'grape' and 'orchid'. I bought a white lightweight rapha jersey a few years ago. thin/lightweight jersey and dark skin doesn't play nicely together as it just reveals everything