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  1. #1
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    Wow, she's purty! And is that a Brooks B72?

    Very cool! Congratulations!
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

  2. #2
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    Congrats on your new bike!! It's a great color and it's definitely not your standard looking road bike; which is cool too.
    Mimi Team TE BIANCHISTA
    for six tanks of gas you could have bought a bike.

  3. #3
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    Very nice! Congrats and I hope you have many miles together. I just have to add that I know how you feel. My friends don't understand either.
    Claudia

    2009 Trek 7.6fx
    2013 Jamis Satellite
    2014 Terry Burlington

  4. #4
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    Wow, never seen a frame like that. You've got a one-of-a-kind beauty!
    I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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    2008 Cervelo P2C Tri bike
    2011 Trek Madone 5.5/Cobb V-Flow Max
    2007 Jamis Coda/Terry Liberator
    2011 Trek Mamba 29er

  5. #5
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    Very nice. Interesting frame (in a good way) and the perfect color for a St. Patrick's Day ride. How does that lower bottle cage work? Never seen one that low before. Also, what type of stem is on your new beauty?

  6. #6
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    that bottle cage is really in the normal place. I hope to see you around
    (I'll be looking) do you ride in the Seattle area?
    Mimi Team TE BIANCHISTA
    for six tanks of gas you could have bought a bike.

  7. #7
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    Feb 2007
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    Thanks everyone for the wonderful compliments. I really love the way the new bike turned out, too; especially the color. And yes, Knot, that is a B72. I like the color combination of the Brooks with the green that when it's time to replace the handlebar tape, I just may have to get some of the matching tape. I wonder how leather tape will hold up in the rain though. Anyone know? Or even natural cork color might work if I can find any.

    As to the funky frame shape that has to do with the reason stated above (very short legs, long torso). I guess I could of insisted on a more traditional looking bike, but I imagine it would look very stretched out kind of like a BMX bike frame. So they designed a step through, but it has that extra tube from the top of the seat tube to the slanting top tube to provide lateral stiffness.

    Mimitabby, I'm not riding around Seattle too much yet, as I live in the Bothell/Mill Creek area and I don't think I'd survive the trip there and back yet. I am working on getting in longer and longer rides so that I will be able to head out that way in the not too distant future. Hopefully, I'll see you then. If you're interested I'm doing an Xtracycle ride (but any kind of bike is welcome) around Seattle on Memorial Day that some friends of DH are planning. I'll post details in the NW section when I have more info.

 

 

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