Originally Posted by
southpawboston
Right, and when my wife granted me permission to hang one bike prominently in our front hallway--basically becoming the primary objet d'art that visitors see--and asked me which bike I would hang, my immediate reply was my Mercian. Her response? "Really? But it just looks like, you know, a 10-speed! Why don't you hang your DL1? Now that's a beautiful bike."
sounds good. you've got reinforced hooks for hanging a heavy, heavy DL1 on the wall?
I must admit that most bikes of a type look similar: modern aluminium or CF road bikes look a lot alike, C & V road bikes tend to look a lot alike, three speeds tend to look a lot alike, touring bikes ditto.
The difference is in the details. or in the slightly odball designs like flying gates, hellanic stays, "curly" stays...