i actually love the forms of the individual components too. for example, in my opinion the nitto pearl quill stem (or the cinelli 1A before it?) is very beautiful. inevitably, all but most disciplined (or anal) will have bikes that are conglomerate (pretentious? moi?) or elements from the different schools, but i get what you mean about the palette.
this threads confirms my suspicion that I am, despite my better judgement, a raving aesthete...
i actually love the forms of the individual components too. for example, in my opinion the nitto pearl quill stem (or the cinelli 1A before it?) is very beautiful. inevitably, all but most disciplined (or anal) will have bikes that are conglomerate (pretentious? moi?) or elements from the different schools, but i get what you mean about the palette.
this threads confirms my suspicion that I am, despite my better judgement, a raving aesthete...