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Carbon fibre bikes, when full of top end components and clearly set up for the pro tour circuit are porn in my book - in a kind of utilitarian bling way.
I was having a bit of a think while watching the Giro yesterday though - the idea behind bike porn for me is the craftsmanship that's gone into a frame; the welds, the detailing, the finish - I'm not sure you can get that on a carbon fibre bike. It kind of hit me when I saw Juan Mauricio Soler's Bianchi - Bianchi were always about heritage, history and craftsmanship. A carbon fibre frame doesn't really do that for me - it's probably been formed in a factory in Taiwan.
Where's the soul in that?