Pink, red, waddevah. I can't send it back. :-) Mezzo bill it as red, I'm told.

The new (read expensive) D10 has the sexy hydroformed curvy alloy frame. Oooh. It also has ten gears. This is because nine speed bikes are so completely last year, dahling, and everything is gonna be ten speed, real soon now. There's little real advantage over nine, unless you're Lance Armstrong. The rest of the bike is much as the D9. Nine is fine. (Edit: Ori bikes are selling 8 speed models using the same frame design.)

Prices for the D10 are idiotic. The D9's sell for about £550 over here , especially if you can find a 2010/11 model. Winstanly's are ok, but they lost an order of mine a couple of years ago, and they're off my Christmas card list.

Before forking out for an expensive 16" wheel bike though, riders should try one. Sixteen-inchers are challenged slightly over 20" wheel bikes, in that rolling restance is a little higher, as is the twitchyness, and they don't like rough ground much. The last time I said this though, I got death threats from Brompton owners who apparently ride the things in downhill mountain bike contests.