Originally Posted by
Loose Chain
Good for you but since this is the C&V forum, they are also heavy, complicated and fugly.
Couple that with the sloped top tube and goofy long seat post to get the sadlle up where it belongs, all it needs is an Energizer Bunny powered shifter to be perfect, not.
I've grown to appreciate a well designed modern bike. Hey, at least it is not covered in gaudy decals and a bunch of ugly colors. Obviously it is not a classically styled bike. When your blasting through mud puddles on a detour home from work you won't have a care in the world about that though.