Road bike recommendations

I thought that looked pretty good for the dosh, but what's with the (a) ugly saddle with the red bits that don't go with anything else on the bike, and (b) "performance geometry" combined with a compact chainset and 11-32 cassette?

I've been looking at a few 'aggresive' allbeit budget friendly bikes today, and loads of them combined a 50/34 with a 12-28 cassette.