I'm with ya, lets see some more FOCUS' on herebriztoon wrote:munga wrote:i should bring my new hubs/rims/spokes/nipples over and you can build them for me. hours of fun!
LOL...yeah, NO.
Some one must have a photo of a new bike. Otherwise I'm going to go hunting for a photo of my dream bling bike and post it up here. I haven't seen many Focus bikes in this thread, some people out there must have some. They are considered the best performance "plastic" bikes going around, so they're worth showing off. Much better than any show pony Pinarelos, Wilier and LOOK where it's a case of aesthetics over substance.
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munga wrote:if he keeps bagging the wiliers and LOOK's i won't be reading his stuff.
LOL
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I picked them up for a smidge over $1700 locally in Adelaide.briztoon wrote:Those DA 9000 C50 Clinchers look sweet, I'll have to see how much a pair will set me back.
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'Salright, most people don'tThe 2nd Womble wrote:He's not reading your stuff.Mulger bill wrote:Go nuts Briz, if it helps keep you sane while you're off the bike we're happy to be part of the processbriztoon wrote:Being driven mad as I'm confined to the house and the couch at the moment. Probably driving many BNA members to distraction as well as all I do is trawl here all day and post in any and every thread keeping myself distracted.
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Postby jasonc » Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:05 pm
well i'd take the venge - it looks serious. the propel is just a whole lot of straight lines.
have ridden the venge and enjoyed every minute of it
unless luke gives me a ride of his, i won't be changing my opinion
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Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:51 pm
That's why the Propel looks do good to me. The straight lines.jasonc wrote: well i'd take the venge - it looks serious. the propel is just a whole lot of straight lines.
have ridden the venge and enjoyed every minute of it
unless luke gives me a ride of his, i won't be changing my opinion
Sloping top tubes are for girls bikes and mixte's
It could do with a break up of colour though.
I'm so over the "stealth" look. It's so cliche.
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Postby ldrcycles » Mon Sep 02, 2013 7:06 pm
+1, the top model with blue highlights on the frame and fork looks MUCH better IMO.singlespeedscott wrote: That's why the Propel looks do good to me. The straight lines.
Sloping top tubes are for girls bikes and mixte's
It could do with a break up of colour though.
I'm so over the "stealth" look. It's so cliche.
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Postby Dimis » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:12 pm
ldrcycles wrote:+1, the top model with blue highlights on the frame and fork looks MUCH better IMO.singlespeedscott wrote:
It could do with a break up of colour though.
I'm so over the "stealth" look. It's so cliche.
Mark my words... White is the new black
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby briztoon » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:15 pm
I'm not a fan of the aesthetics of the Propel, or most Giants for that matter.singlespeedscott wrote:That's why the Propel looks do good to me. The straight lines.jasonc wrote: well i'd take the venge - it looks serious. the propel is just a whole lot of straight lines.
have ridden the venge and enjoyed every minute of it
unless luke gives me a ride of his, i won't be changing my opinion
Sloping top tubes are for girls bikes and mixte's
It could do with a break up of colour though.
I'm so over the "stealth" look. It's so cliche.
I agree, the Venge does look very serious and aggressive. But it looks too much like a hulking monster of a bike for me.
I do like the look of the Scott Foil,
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Postby jasonc » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:26 pm
trust me - it is a hulking monster of a bike.briztoon wrote:I agree, the Venge does look very serious and aggressive. But it looks too much like a hulking monster of a bike for me.
I do like the look of the Scott Foil,
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Postby Dan » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:30 pm
it is green?jasonc wrote:trust me - it is a hulking monster of a bike.briztoon wrote:I agree, the Venge does look very serious and aggressive. But it looks too much like a hulking monster of a bike for me.
I do like the look of the Scott Foil,
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Postby jasonc » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:49 pm
can beDan wrote:it is green?jasonc wrote:trust me - it is a hulking monster of a bike.briztoon wrote:I agree, the Venge does look very serious and aggressive. But it looks too much like a hulking monster of a bike for me.
I do like the look of the Scott Foil,
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Re: Bike Gallery
Postby Lukeyboy » Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:13 pm
Yep. The Black/Blue frame looks great.ldrcycles wrote:+1, the top model with blue highlights on the frame and fork looks MUCH better IMO.singlespeedscott wrote: That's why the Propel looks do good to me. The straight lines.
Sloping top tubes are for girls bikes and mixte's
It could do with a break up of colour though.
I'm so over the "stealth" look. It's so cliche.
Photos don't really do the Propel justice but they are really a nice bike to look at in person. If you chuck on some 60-80mm wheels the propel looks even better.The newer ones now come with Zipp 404's so the price has increased a few grand as a result and you can now buy the fameset rather than a whole bike. Ditching the white bar tape and going with the black/black strip or black/white strip seats also makes the bike look better (The store didn't have the black/black or black/white stripe available when I got my bike ). I've seen the SL0 and SL1 but I haven't seen anyone on a SL2 yet (SRAM groupset with black/red livery - same as the black/blue SL0 but the blue parts are red).
The 2014 models.
They have also released a non SL version with a different colour scheme and groupsets. Not a fan of the liveries but I like the looks. All them lines! A black/white version would look pretty good on the Advanced's. The seat post isn't integrated so that might be an advantage for some. The groupsets are the new 11 speed Ultegra Di2 and the mechanical Ultegra. The mechanical version would retail for $4300 with the Di2 600-700 more.
Looking at and riding are two complete different things. Some things that the propel is excellent at imo is when it comes to freewheeling, aerodynamics and stability in higher speeds. Its mind boggling how easily you can coast that thing at speed and throw it left and right. Once you get up into the 80-100kph mark its still responsive as if you were doing 50kph. You can see how slippery it is when looking front on.
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I'll start a new thread, feel free to move the discussion there if you want to keep it going, other I'll just up my post count.
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Yuuuup. Alien Ages ago someone said I would look like Alien if I wore a long TT helmet (I'm tall and skinny) and then one day I came across that in google images and it had to be my avatarrabobank89 wrote:Lukey, is that an Alien on your Avatar
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