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dadoflam08
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by dadoflam08 on Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:53 am
'83 De Rosa+'11 Baum Corretto+'08 BMC Pro Machine >6kg+'86 Pinarello Team +'72 Cinelli SC +'58 Bianchi+'71 Cinelli SC+'78 Masi GC+'83 La Redoute Motobecane+'94 Banesto Pegoretti+'88 Bianchi X4 +'48 Super Elliott+'99 Look Kg281+'18 Pegoretti
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spdntrxi
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by spdntrxi on Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:59 am
that paint job should cost a pretty penny... imagine masking it off..
2024 BMC TeamMachine R Building
2018 BMC TImeMachine Road
2002 Moots Compact-SL- getting aero look makeover
2019 Parlee Z0XD - "classified"
2023 Pivot E-Vault - completed project, full Xplr package
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tharmor
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by tharmor on Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:29 am
@dadoflam08 - I happily stand corrected.
Also, has anyone seen an increase in disc road bikes with thru axles at the show? I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that the thru axles become the standard moving forward.
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uraqt
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djconnel
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by djconnel on Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:03 pm
On the camo Parlee Z0 -- the disc requires a heavier frame, heavier fork, and somewhat heavier front wheel. The caliper versions would be lighter.
Not a fan of trying to make my bike blend in with the background.
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Serge58
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pantani83
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ichobi
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by ichobi on Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:23 am
I have taken photos from most of the important brands. Let me know what you want to see. Need to skim through all those 2000 photos. However, my most wanted bike is definitely the Storck TIX Cross bike. Impressively light at 8kg! and it looks stunning. Comes with Thru axel as well.
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phlip
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by phlip on Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:04 am
Ichobi, I have noticed your pictures on Ducking Tiger. They are very good, much better than any other bike website I found so far. Please post all the pictures you have. Maybe dump them on flickr?
On a related note, I find it quite strange that the websites I usually read - road.cc, roadcycling.co.uk, bikerumor, bikeradar - did not report much from Eurobike 2014. Why is that? Are there any better news sites than these?
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euan
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ichobi
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by ichobi on Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:39 am
@phlip thanks. It's my intention to take good photos seeing all these sites always post a crappy small size photos. (tbh I met most of the team from road.cc, bikeradar in the press room and they have wonderful camera. Trying to save site bandwidth perhaps?) There is really no other online bike publications than these sites in English, if they aren't reporting, there is nobody else going to do it. I'm afraid I'm based in Bangkok so I don't have privilege and access to press events in Europe and US like these guys. Otherwise, I would be doing this in English!
Part of it why they don't report much may be because all the good things have already been released pre TDF. There are literally very few bikes and components launched at Eurobike. It really is a trade show where dealers and distributors meet the brands to negotiate deals. Press are not treated as well I must admit, people want to sell stuff not describe information (though the guys at Canyon don't mind explaining things to me for an hour). I will find probably dump all these photos in flickr.