I have a fuji cross (aluminum frame, carbon fork, shimano 105 gearing) which is my one guilty pleasure. My other modern bikes don't really qualify as guilty pleasures because they are kind of retro modern bikes: two of them are steel (salsa casseroll and soma double cross) and one is steel with a carbon fork (orbea with campy chorus). But the fuji cross is a whole different beast and I like it. For one, it's light. I have no idea what it weighs. I've never given a d@$*% about how much a bike weighs but I know this fuji is lighter than any other bike I own. I really like the combo of road geometry with fat tires. And the bike is currently MIA. Like so many bikes being sold today, it came with cheesy wheels and the rear wheel is toast. But there are lots of inviting gravel roads where I live in the midwest and they need to be ridden. So before too long, I'll figure out what pair of wheels I can talk myself into buying and build the bike back up. Heck, I might even post a pic of this in some appropriate (or even inappropriate) bike porn thread and pretend that I ride modern bikes.