Originally Posted by
Hiro11
Anyway, the bike I simply cannot stand: the Specialized Venge Vias. Actually, I can't think of many Specialized bikes I like the look of. The Venge Vias has the most hideous cockpit of integrated/proprietary nonsense I've ever seen. The rear brake looks like some kind of cancerous growth. It's got that awful shrouded fork design. I haaaate that bike.
Ah yes, the Vias. This review
https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...enge-vias-disc shows the good and the bad. The cockpit as you say looks strangely erotic with all those curves.
But if you look at the seat tube and the down tube you'll see the effort gone into it. The cancerous brake is on the disk or non-disk version.