Bike porn

I do not give a fuck if it is the right age for the frame. IMHO the chainset looks horrid in itself and would look horrid on any bike you put it on.

It looks like a frame protector because it looks like a frame protector. It sits where a frame protector might sit and is the same shape and an appropriate colour. The fact that something looks like something else doesn't mean that I am confused about what it is.

And whilst understanding function can help you appreciate something's aesthetic appeal, if something looks ugly whilst functioning well it is still ugly. I haven't got a problem with the way the TT looks, but it does look like a frame protector.

edit - and try reading exactly what people say and not assuming what they mean.

Arawn said "Looks like it has a top tube protector on it :S"
I said* "That's what I thought"*

In other words I said "I thought 'it looks like it has a top tube protector'.". I did not say "I thought 'it has a top tube protector'."

No - if you knew what you were looking at you'd not make that mistake, it's a little like one of those optical illusions I suppose wherein once you have twigged, you never get taken in again.

The cause of your interpretation is your own ignorance- sort it out.

Same thing with the cranks, I have massive anecdotal evidence to back me on this- I am an aesthetic genius, I am never, ever wrong, and I say they look purposeful and, by dint of their utility they are therefore a good looking pair of cranks.

So- double lose for you I'm afraid.

Soz.