Bling Bling! Biggest joke of a bike ever?

Wait, sorry if I'm a tad slow on the uptake here, but if they're 'setting' the stones in the frame, does that not mean they're making lots of little holes in it? Which is... a bad thing?

Jesus, what would you do with it anyway? Take one expensive useful thing, turn it into an extremely expensive useless thing. I don't get it.

Yeah, little holes would be a bad thing but I'm guessing (as a jeweler by trade) the stones were probably set in plates or in individual strips of heads then applied by way of solder or the like to the frame after setting, thus not harming the integrity of the frame.

For a time many years back I did pass the time casting custom head badges and valve stem covers for cycle and auto enthusiasts.... occasionally with stones. I first set stones in the parts then applied them to the bikes.

Ive personally set stones in brake levers, stems, cage and misc. screws and seat posts using the plate method. I cant imagine anyone drilling a frame for pave setting..... there would be nothing left of the frame..... worse than Swiss cheese.