Bike porn

Mate, I own one of those - granted its the 2010 black version without all the garish shit on it, and granted I did not pay £6k for it. I will also happily accept that it's not the sexiest bike out there (Mondrian Look - I will own one), however, neither is it hideous... but fuck me if I doesn't absolutely piss on all the other bikes I've ever owned or ridden. Horses for courses.

To be honest, this, to me is porn - Boonen's set up of my 2010 frame for Paris Roubaix (edit - this is actually the 09 frame):

I'm bored bored bored of seeing endless lugged steel frames I'm afraid - I own some and they're beautiful, but will always love the S Works more because of what it feels like to ride.

Fair enough, they are good bikes, and I wasn't suggesting that endless lugged steel frames, in slightly different iterations, isn't also dull. Just that I understand why many people prefer the classic look. I do think that the design of most contemporary OTP bikes is sloppy from an aesthetic point of view, and I just can't get on with compact geometry on a road bike. But as I said this is just my point of view, and one of the great things about bikes is that there is still a lot of choice for the individual.