The paint job is obviously subjective, so one person might like it and others might not. But a frame should fundamentally be about function and about engineering. And those seat stays just seem like an unnecessary complication which achieves nothing.
I've always thought you can do something pointless if it doesn't make it worse from an engineering point of view. Having said that, those kirk stays are pretty fuggers... He's got a nice elise though...
The paint job is obviously subjective, so one person might like it and others might not. But a frame should fundamentally be about function and about engineering. And those seat stays just seem like an unnecessary complication which achieves nothing.