Please, I love downtube shifters. If I get enough guts I'm going to try putting downtube shifters on a carbon frame. The friction shifters are so compatible with everything, and they are easy to service. They're fun if you're not racing.
Why are everyone so into Black bikes now?
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I don't care about black, I just care about weight. With ti and alloy I just prefer a natural silver with a sprayed on logo then cleared, carbon fibre I just want whatever is lightest with a minimal logo of some kind but not horrid decals, sprayed then cleared. If the bike happens to look black, silver or dark grey as a side effect of that being the natural color of the material, that suits me fine. I just don't see the point of dragging around hundreds of grams in paint when you don't have to, although I don't mind minimal painted 'accents'.
I prefer a black bike (maybe with a contrast color) and then I can be colorful with my cycling kits. Much cheaper to change cycling kits when I get borred/tired of that then changing the bike.
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I agree with some of the comments here about letting the material's natural colour shine. It's lighter, and why hide the technology under a load of thick paint? If you want to stylise it, there are loads of metals bits you can get anodised!
They aren't stealth because of the two grey lines on the top tube.
But those lines really match up well with dark label campy bora's
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I got tired of riding colorful bikes for years. In retrospect, it seems that I wanted what I didn’t have.
Now on an all-black bike, I’m longing for some color. Seems I still want what I don’t have (or ironically used to have).
Life is a pendulum where most stuff comes back. Give it time and don’t over-think it in the meantime.
Now on an all-black bike, I’m longing for some color. Seems I still want what I don’t have (or ironically used to have).
Life is a pendulum where most stuff comes back. Give it time and don’t over-think it in the meantime.
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Fashion weenie struggle is real
Yes!!!
Exactly- this should be renamed “why is everyone so into fade paint jobs?”
This picture?
I got it for free from the bike shop.
If I was not wearing any cloths, it would be HEY LOOK AT ME
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