Originally Posted by
frantik
i don't see the point of chromed lugs if everything else is going to be "modern"
the colors, the stem, the drop bars, the antler brifters, the crank and rear derailleur are all wrong for the bike.. if you've got chromed lugs you need shiny silver components.
black/white/red as a color scheme for bikes is so boring and so overdone.. do they even make road bikes in other colors today?
chrome is so overrated. I much prefer a classy & subtle satin or brushed finish, Raleigh Sports components being the exception, of course.
And sure, there are plenty of companies putting out bikes that are not red/white and black: Soma, Surly, Masi, even Raleigh (just look at all the other steel framed offerings they have this year. Now, if we're talking about this popular red/white/black color scheme, yes, it is very popular among the modern carbon fiber racing crowd, but I see plenty of other color schemes out there as well.