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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby antipodean » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:07 pm
ni78ck wrote:about $13k for bike all the bells and whistles............
Serious? Looks weren't part of the equation obviously, that thing is seriously hideous imo!
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Re: Bike Gallery
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Postby wurtulla wabbit » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:29 pm
redcorpsjames wrote:Yo just spent 13k on an ugly bike. I hope it performs better than it looks. Enjoy it and maybe get it painted completly matte black
Harsh !
How much have you spent on your wife or girlfriend (or boyfriend) ? Pics to see if you have invested well ??

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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby Mugglechops » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:31 pm
wurtulla wabbit wrote:redcorpsjames wrote:Yo just spent 13k on an ugly bike. I hope it performs better than it looks. Enjoy it and maybe get it painted completly matte black
Harsh !
How much have you spent on your wife or girlfriend (or boyfriend) ? Pics to see if you have invested well ??
Nice

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Re: Bike Gallery
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby 15wilsonwu » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:13 pm
wurtulla wabbit wrote:redcorpsjames wrote:Yo just spent 13k on an ugly bike. I hope it performs better than it looks. Enjoy it and maybe get it painted completly matte black
Harsh !
How much have you spent on your wife or girlfriend (or boyfriend) ? Pics to see if you have invested well ??
HAAHHAAHAHAHAH, LOL.
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby warthog1 » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:20 pm
ni78ck wrote:I'm more interested in performance than having a bike looking totally bling. I do like it though and I know it's not a pinerello looking bike but after riding the S5 there are not too many comparisonsjust my opinion of coarse.
+1
But I like the look of them now. Beautiful bike there Nick

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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby jasonc » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:21 pm
15wilsonwu wrote:wurtulla wabbit wrote:redcorpsjames wrote:Yo just spent 13k on an ugly bike. I hope it performs better than it looks. Enjoy it and maybe get it painted completly matte black
Harsh !
How much have you spent on your wife or girlfriend (or boyfriend) ? Pics to see if you have invested well ??
HAAHHAAHAHAHAH, LOL.

btw - i think it's a great bike
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby TMjpn » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:56 pm
Congrats on the purchase, I hope it gives you many good miles.
Now I reckon my KOM has about 3x the frontal area that thing has, so If I see you out, I'm sucking on your wheel. If I can catch you, that is

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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby ni78ck » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:03 am
the base and the VWD. the team edition has beed deleted.
the base models looks hot i think. its a little darker grey than mine. its more charcoal really and instead of white it has silver.
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby biker jk » Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:41 am
ni78ck wrote:I'm more interested in performance than having a bike looking totally bling. I do like it though and I know it's not a pinerello looking bike but after riding the S5 there are not too many comparisonsjust my opinion of coarse.
Hi Nick. Which features of the bike provide the extra performance you mention? Is it the aero design? It doesn't appear to be frame weight or stiffness according to this report.
http://www.cycletechreview.com/2012/media/carbon-frame-stiffness-giant-bicycles/
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby Mulger bill » Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:57 am
munga wrote:What everything needs is more walken.
Oh yeah.
Chilling stuff before Walken, after...
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby stinhambo » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:02 am
Dimma wrote:My opinion only is the red bar tape destroys the entire look of the bike, why?
Not sure if it's intentional but I think it's quite clever as it mimics the shape and colour of the 5 on the seat tube.
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby ni78ck » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:52 am
biker jk wrote:ni78ck wrote:I'm more interested in performance than having a bike looking totally bling. I do like it though and I know it's not a pinerello looking bike but after riding the S5 there are not too many comparisonsjust my opinion of coarse.
Hi Nick. Which features of the bike provide the extra performance you mention? Is it the aero design? It doesn't appear to be frame weight or stiffness according to this report.
http://www.cycletechreview.com/2012/media/carbon-frame-stiffness-giant-bicycles/
Biker jk, not sure if your after a gee up or what, but aero frames have a proven record. Also the cervelo that they have on that chart is the base model S5 which is 300grams heavier and an inferior carbon layup. To my knowledge the S5 VWD is the lightest aero frame in the world. My size 56 is 960 grams. If I wanted light I would go for the R5 ca or r5 vwd.
There may be a lighter aero bike now as the s5 has been around for two years.
Just some facts for you........
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby ni78ck » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:56 am
stinhambo wrote:Dimma wrote:My opinion only is the red bar tape destroys the entire look of the bike, why?
Not sure if it's intentional but I think it's quite clever as it mimics the shape and colour of the 5 on the seat tube.
It was intentional and after always having had black bar tape for years I left the decision to the bike builder. I'm happy


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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby DTdotcom » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:05 pm
I've just ordered a BH Ultralight but did consider a G6 but was worried about comfort/position on long climbs. In a perfect world I'd have both, but given the choice of just one bike I went the Ultralight.
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby stinhambo » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:57 pm
ni78ck wrote:stinhambo wrote:Dimma wrote:My opinion only is the red bar tape destroys the entire look of the bike, why?
Not sure if it's intentional but I think it's quite clever as it mimics the shape and colour of the 5 on the seat tube.
It was intentional and after always having had black bar tape for years I left the decision to the bike builder. I'm happyi may go white in afew months
I feel all clever and such now!
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