LAJ

It's almost as if you tried to stage those rascals as crappy as possible so you could come back and complain about the process. Odd. Of course, the first thing I noticed is there are no bikes in the picture. Putting black or dark bikes against a nearly black background messes with me that way.

LAJ

Mostly hot. I don't believe you needed the extra orange (red?) on the handlebars, as the frame has plenty as-is. Black tape please.

Sierra_rider

In real life, the silver actually kinda works IMO. From the side, no...but from another angle, it kinda makes sense. I get that it still might not be everyone's cup of tea.

seypat

It looks better from that angle.

LesterOfPuppets

I kinda like the silver. If it were mine I'd probably go nuts and get matte/satin silver bartape and bottle cages.

seypat

I'd like it also if the seatpost, stem, handlebars, etc were silver.

Eric F 

That gets a "hot" from me. I don't mind matchy bar tape when it actually matches. That said, black would look excellent, too.

Jrasero

lol again I simply don't believe in bike photo etiquette. Good fun for some but to me it's pure nonsense. Either you like the bike or you don't

Turnin_Wrenches

I also believe the "bike photo etiquette" is unnecessarily strict. However, the rules for the thread are clearly spelled out. It is what it is. If you buck the rules you should expect to be flogged in the public square .

LAJ

What bike?

3alarmer

...but what if you are riding a bicycle, and you really are more beautiful ? What then ?

Eric F 

There are other threads for posting bike photos without any guidelines on presentation, or overly-judgmental nonsense, and you will probably get many ooos and ahhhs over your very nice bikes. As has been made very clear, this thread is all about overly-judgmental nonsense. Continuing to complain about it here will get you nowhere.

Jrasero

Understandable, just my way of peacefully saying I object to this thread while semi trolling

seypat

I'm still trying to decipher the Filipino comment.

Mojo31

Objection overruled. Call the next bike.

indyfabz

Out of the loop and living under a rock at the bottom of the Marianas Trench while wearing a blindfold.

seypat

I looked her up on IMDb. I'll admit to not seeing anything she's been in.

Edit: One of the other girls in the Barbie movie, Hari Nef, was born in Philly.

phrantic09

It’s not even the spacers on the Scott? The the saddle-bar drop of 0

Eric F 

Do you also go to sporting events and complain about the rules of the game? No one is requiring you to participate in this thread.

Eric F 

Those things kind of go hand-in-hand. Spacers reduce drop. Drop is part of the form for a hot bike.

Jrasero

all the time

Just because it's a rule doesn't make it not stupid. For years pitchers had to hit in the NL, but as a society we have progressed. I am making the argument that they antiquated bike hotness rules or akin to the stupid rules of baseball

Jrasero

For Filipinos beauty pageants are like a professional sport, thus I have watched my fair share of pageants plus a few of my former girlfriends did pageants and again while the swimwear is entertaining for most men, most people who know pageants say it has very little substance to an actual winner because again at the highest level like Ms Universe every single women is at the 1% of beauty, thus it would be like going to a Dentist group ride and trying to decipher which Cervelo or S-Works was Hotter.

ls01

Antidentite!!! He's antidentite!!! Have they not suffered enough?!!!

bampilot06

Thats easy. It’s the Madone.

LAJ

Tough ****. The rules were set long before I got here, and they will be the same after I'm gone. Go post your bike in C&V and see what they say there.