Originally Posted by
groovestew
but if it works for you, great
Is this to be the spirit of "Hot 'R Not" or the Commuting forum?
Have you visited the Road Forum "Hot 'R Not" thread? They offer no sympathy points for what "works for you." It's either hot or it isn't.
Now I can see where on the commuting forum we might take a different view. Perhaps anything that isn't functional is immediately "not" here. I'd buy that. I don't know about the converse though. If something is ugly, I'm not sure functionality excuses it.
Have you ever seen a hot bakfiets? No, you haven't.