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You may have seen this already but the frames does come in less 'utilitarian' colours: https://www.klcycles.co.uk/product-page/winspace-g2-gravel
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Sure it's no oil painting, but it seems to be function over form, at least. The dropped chain stays are pretty common now, the kinked down tube to accomodate bigger front tyre, kinked seat tube for the back tyre, the kinked seat stay to fit bags better, flattened tubes inside main triangle to fix bags to better, etc.
There is one issue with it in that the seat stay length / angles mean that you can't get a 50T chain ring on it. I'd plan on keeping my current gearing which is a 30/46T GRX, but not ideal. I couldn't put big gearing on for a random crit, for example. Not that I'd want to.
It's got rack mounts which they rate for 25kg so what it will do is allow me to get rid of my Super Galaxy and use it for loaded touring with family.
If I wanted the best looking then no question I'd go for steel and most likely the Daccordi https://www.daccordicycles.com/it/galleria-foto-daccordi-aurelia/
EDIT - they actually say this on their site - so they know it is fugly as well!
"Utilitarian Design
When drawing up the G2, we put function before form"