doping aside, valverde's W/C whip is pretty mean!

[wallymann]

https://www.velonews.com/2018/12/bikes-and-tech/gallery-alejandro-valverdes-rainbow-bike_481966

https://s27394.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/GettyImages-1051961580-1440x810.jpg

[drewskey]

https://i.imgflip.com/2o9bzy.jpg

[azrider]

Meh.....

[KJMUNC]

doping aside.....Lance was a pretty good cyclist.

If you have to say it....

[jtbadge]

The stripes on the crank spider and rims are a bit too much, but otherwise a nice looking bicycle.

[MattTuck]

As far as loud obnoxious paint jobs go, I say it's pretty good. Agree about the wheel logos though, maybe a bit too much.

What I hope to hear in the future from a worlds winner is, "I am a member of this team. I will ride the same bike as rest of the team." A man can dream.

[alioup]

Paint on the front end looks awful. One could do better with a spray can....

If you cant do a fade, keep it simple:

https://s27394.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1.jpg




what a good transition on a fade should looks like (my bike):

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/435/33059150005_cf4cb20125_c.jpg

[azrider]

paint on the front end looks awful. One could do better with a spray can....

If you cant do a fade, keep it simple:

https://s27394.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1.jpg

+1



doping aside.....lance was a pretty good cyclist.

If you have to say it....
+100 :p

[R3awak3n]

meh.....

+1

also +1000 on the BMC

[Idris Icabod]

Probably 'available' from the Canyon website for the next 2 years with a 'coming soon' logo instead of an order button. Is Canyon actually in the bicycle business because they are pretty poor at actually being able to sell a bike. Agreed on the fade scheme, poorly executed.

[BobO]

+1




+100 :p

+101 :banana:

Gilbert's bike was dead sexy.

[MattTuck]

damn, you guys are harsh :)

If I ever get another custom, I'm not sure I'd post it. I'd be too worried about the critique I'd receive. :help::p:banana:

[FlashUNC]

The fade's awesome, the bike is fire. And he's a complicated dude.

[Shoeman]

The stripes on the crank spider and rims are a bit too much, but otherwise a nice looking bicycle.

I agree wholeheartedly!

[Waldo]

The fade's awesome, the bike is fire. And he's a complicated dude.

Maybe Valverde never tested positive, but that bike will -- the paint is about to OD on HGH.

[b33]

damn, you guys are harsh :)

If I ever get another custom, I'm not sure I'd post it. I'd be too worried about the critique I'd receive. :help::p:banana:

It's a fine bike. Thanks for posting . . . I didn't know about it till your post (and can't say I totally dug it, but I digress).

[Mzilliox]

i think its rad, the bar lever interface is giving me a chubby, and the rest of the bike gives me the full on turn on.:eek:

i think its damn near perfect

[Clean39T]

Nice to see a WC stripes combined w Campy..

That's all the positivity I can muster for this.

[R3awak3n]

yeah, the best part of the bike to me is the campy wheels with the wc stripes and the p2m with wc stripe sticker.

[dancinkozmo]

https://www.gethealthyharlem.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/photo_gallery_big/thefitpost044_0.jpg

[gemship]

Wow, I mean really wow!!! That is a awesome looking bike. Judging by the earlier remarks here certainly not everyones cup of tea but that bike is sending a message loud and clear. If you don't like attention then you simply don't ride a bike like that but hey were talking about a race bike that was made to win in more ways than one. So with that being said is this bike with all it's colors available for public consumption?

[wtex]

Sweet bike. It feels like maybe it needs a white stem and mast to ice the cake.

[jtbadge]

<pills>

Certainly a familiar motif.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/10341927674_0d31490482_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4096/4855922154_d664847b7a_b.jpg

[rain dogs]

My hot takes:

-Valverde is a legend, one of the most complete cyclists in the recent history of the sport. As Boonen said: "Best cyclist of this generation"
-Yeah, yeah, the doping was 12 years ago, get over it. Different Era.
-It's a damn nice bike as far as pro tour carbon bikes go.
-The paint fades on the bike and rainbow decals on that Campagnolo are tacky and cheap looking. That styling is older than Valverde!

Gilbert's bike is nicer except for finishing it with a saddle my grandma would use.

Lastly, it's going to be a treat watching him race Flanders in the rainbow jersey!

[dancinkozmo]

if someone ever showed up at the group ride with this thing the OP posted they would definitely get a 'team cinzano welcome'

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--qPzHj2cdlY/UCOnwR5G7wI/AAAAAAAAERY/uMz6gdMzKlk/s1600/Crash+001.JPG

[Davist]

wow, remind me not to ride with your club dancinkozmo...

[oldpotatoe]

damn, you guys are harsh :)

If I ever get another custom, I'm not sure I'd post it. I'd be too worried about the critique I'd receive. :help::p:banana:

no kidding...The 2019 season when he's in the rainbow strips hasn't even started..:butt:to the peanut gallery..I think it's better looking than their WCS bike..

[Black Dog]

My hot takes:

-Valverde is a legend, one of the most complete cyclists in the recent history of the sport. As Boonen said: "Best cyclist of this generation"
-Yeah, yeah, the doping was 12 years ago, get over it. Different Era.
-It's a damn nice bike as far as pro tour carbon bikes go.
-The paint fades on the bike and rainbow decals on that Campagnolo are tacky and cheap looking. That styling is older than Valverde!

Gilbert's bike is nicer except for finishing it with a saddle my grandma would use.

Lastly, it's going to be a treat watching him race Flanders in the rainbow jersey!

Yea, definitely no more doping going on these days...:rolleyes:

[saab2000]

The fade's awesome, the bike is fire. And he's a complicated dude.

That's about all we can say here. Anyone who thinks pro cycling is now, has ever been or will ever be a pure sport is delusional. When we watch it we choose to accept the seedy underbelly. Same as any other professional sport or "amateur" sport at a high level.

Want to watch more pure sport? Go watch a local grade school basketball game. Then the parents get involved. It goes downhill from there.

[Black Dog]

That's about all we can say here. Anyone who thinks pro cycling is now, has ever been or will ever be a pure sport is delusional. When we watch it we choose to accept the seedy underbelly. Same as any other professional sport or "amateur" sport at a high level.

Want to watch more pure sport? Go watch a local grade school basketball game. Then the parents get involved. It goes downhill from there.

This is some reality. +1001.9

[mcteague]

I think he needs to move his saddle forward a bit more! :) Oh, well, guess they don't get custom fitted frames these days.

Tim

[peanutgallery]

Canyon just made life easier for pros, the paint on that thing is experimental, like a transdermal patch. It's going to change cycling forever

[earlfoss]

I dig the bike. I wonder if he'll use a different, newer one in 2019.

[rain dogs]

Yea, definitely no more doping going on these days...:rolleyes:

I never said there is not doping going on these days, I said he was sanctioned for something that happened 12 years ago.... get over it. But the prevalent idea especially amongst anglo media is that Valverde is the pantomime villain, the lone bad apple of the peloton because he had a doping violation while everyone else is 'clean' and that he had no right to return :rolleyes:

If he's allowed to race, then he's allowed to win, and I doubt he's doing any different than anyone else.

To which David Bryne would say: "Same as it ever was."

[FlashUNC]

That's about all we can say here. Anyone who thinks pro cycling is now, has ever been or will ever be a pure sport is delusional. When we watch it we choose to accept the seedy underbelly. Same as any other professional sport or "amateur" sport at a high level.

Want to watch more pure sport? Go watch a local grade school basketball game. Then the parents get involved. It goes downhill from there.

The rub with Valverde is he won at a high level before his sanction, and if anything has continued to win at a high level after the sanction. There was no drop off in performance. Is that attributable to a better doping regimen or just being an otherworldly talent?

I can't answer that. But he's passed every test since his suspension and continued to just wreck fools in hilly one day races.

He hasn't apologized or shown contrition or any of those things, but they're also not required after having done the time, so to speak.

Woods or Bardet would have been an easier winner for the sport, but tough to argue he wasn't deserving on results.

[unterhausen]

You should have to have a frame plate listing your TUE's

The crank and wheels gave me a flashback to the '70s, and that's not good

[Mzilliox]

Go ride your black bikes then and leave the color to people with panache.:banana:

[Black Dog]

I never said there is not doping going on these days, I said he was sanctioned for something that happened 12 years ago.... get over it. But the prevalent idea especially amongst anglo media is that Valverde is the pantomime villain, the lone bad apple of the peloton because he had a doping violation while everyone else is 'clean' and that he had no right to return :rolleyes:

If he's allowed to race, then he's allowed to win, and I doubt he's doing any different than anyone else.

To which David Bryne would say: "Same as it ever was."

I think part of the problem is that he never ever admitted that he doped. Look, I actually like the guy and think that he is an amazing complete rider, something that is very rare these days. He animates races and creates entertainment. This is good because pro cycling is an entertainment business. Doping is here and it is not going away ever. Business 1st, morality.........somewhere further down the list. I do not condone doping and have seen it 1st hand in the sport/business of cycling. However, the only honest way to see the 'sport' is as entertainment and not a reality.

[notsew]

I think the front end could be better, but those wheel are baller! They've got a sweet 80s throwback vibe.

[teleguy57]

Go ride your black bikes then and leave the color to people with panache.:banana:
+1

OTOH, not a fan of the fade and sharp color bands on the same bike. Looks like one person had design rights on the front end and a different person on the back end. I like the sharper, crisper approach to graphics. (And I do think the fades aren't all that well designed even for fades).

Since I don't ride this frame, and I'll likely never see it on a group ride so somewhat indifferent.

But I am a fan of Campagnolo grouppos and wheels! :beer:

[weisan]

Peter Sagan's Venge
https://s27394.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/20151208_%C2%A9BrakeThrough-Media_A10O5055.jpg

Sven Nys' Colnago Prestige
http://alicehui.com/bike/misc/sven.jpg

Niels Albert's Colnago Cross Prestige
http://alicehui.com/bike/misc/niels-albert.jpg

Philippe Gilbert's BMC Teammachine SLR01
https://s27394.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1.jpg

Rui Costa's Merida Reacto Evo
https://d112e54l47d6r7.cloudfront.net/runtime/p3media/pic-14-team-bikes-reacto-team-lampre-merida-my2014-ruicosta-jpg-5271c5c4b6-1467.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/67/0a/34/670a34f4cddfa2cf8fb0712f55368a33--my-life-the-world.jpg

Mark Cavendish
https://glorycycles.com/product_images/uploaded_images/2010-bike.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwZ7fYRIIAAvw5P.jpg

Marianne Vos
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/A3X35J/road-cycling-world-champion-0607-marianne-vos-from-the-netherlands-A3X35J.jpg

[weisan]

https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2016/6/14/4/d/c/4dc4541e-321b-11e6-8d25-e99c5c98e95c.jpg

Bradley Wiggins World Champion track bike
http://alicehui.com/bike/misc/cimg4209.jpg

Tom Boonen
http://alicehui.com/bike/misc/2005-bike.jpg

Nino Schurter's World Champion Scott Spark 2014
https://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb10820046/p4pb10820046.jpg

Julie Bresset's world champion BH frame
http://livingthisbikelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cuadro-Juliee-Bresset-campeona-del-mundo_1.jpg


Oscar Freire
http://alicehui.com/bike/misc/oscar.jpg

Alessandro Ballan
http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/2009/08/23/2/gplouay09035alessandroballan_600.jpg

Cadel Evans
https://www.pezcyclingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/evans620-TA10st2.jpg

Michal Kwiatkowski
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9c/90/e4/9c90e4b6dc357a468073207ea4afb6bb--flower-power-photo-credit.jpg

Mario Cipollini
https://cycling-passion.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Mario-Cipollini-uci-world-champion-2002.jpg

[dancinkozmo]

^ sweet fancy moses thats alot of ugly bikes !!!

[eippo1]

Have the Tarmac replica of the Sagan. It's a gorgeous paint job for a production bike. It really sparkles in the sun too. I'll rummage up a pic later.

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[wallymann]

I think he needs to move his saddle forward a bit more! :) Oh, well, guess they don't get custom fitted frames these days.

Tim

all these dudes are sliding more and more forward to get that pelvic tilt and max-aero torso position. lookit hanseeno's bike...rotating that far forward on a production bike requires unusual accommodations and serious commitment!

https://cdnmos-bikeradar.global.ssl.fastly.net/images/news/2015/07/24/1437749768882-veixzsjgehiw-630-80.jpg

[lhuerta]

....Grewal's Pinarello

[jtbadge]

Found these shots over at WW. EPS 12 and better (at least simpler) paint.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DusOb0gXgAATUgy.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DusPjlkW4AAb-nG.jpg

[teleguy57]

Much more to my tastes. I like the clean style.

[jtbadge]

Much more to my tastes. I like the clean style.

I agree, I think this looks better than just about everything rainbow-striped posted thus far.

Little stuff like the finishing tape and under-pedal striping comes across much better without that headtube/fork fade situation.