Well, it is Friday afternoon. I'm bored and hungover in the office and really want to lay down now. So here's a pic of my bike. I know its a bit over geared, and there's a bag and water bottles, but whatever.
Also there's no garage door, because this is Hong Kong and only billionaires have garages.
[IMG]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4416/...fc0395ad_h.jpg20170611_123926 by Eddie Brown, on Flickr[/IMG]

And now the bottles and bag disappeared.
[IMG]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4366/...81c14dc1_h.jpg20170611_123926 copy by Eddie Brown, on Flickr[/IMG]

Not quite hot, but totally respectable. I really like the graphics.

Move the bike four feet forward so the distracting post and the skyscrapers in the background don't interfere with the bike part of the image.

Otherwise ... I'd ride it. Looks great.

Correct.

Now with matching tires:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4401/...02aa10b4_h.jpg

I'd like to see that cervelo with black bar tape

Likely sooner than later-- the routine of cleaning it with Westley's Bleche-Wite after every ride is not exactly something I look forward to. White bar tape = zero to filthy in about 10 minutes.

They match each other, but nothing else on the bike. Not hot at all.

Yeah, you should have gone with a gumwall seat and stem, just to continue the theme.

It's not murdered out with gum walls and it's not a penny farthing.

NOT HOT.

yeah ... where are all the hot pennyfarthings?

I was told one of my bikes was too "matchy matchy"

If your bike is actually liked in this thread than most likely it's a turd. It's bizzaro world in here.

It is a world with very specific rules and a very narrow aesthetic, which like all aesthetics, is also completely subjective.

It is like a juried art competition---the jurors "decide" what is and is not art. Michelangelo might not make the cut and Mark Rothko might be called a genius.

I posted a pic of my bike once ... people were actually quite charitable while telling me how horrible it was. usually they are harsher.

Either way ... I don't post pics here any more.

my new ride

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4434/...a8b6c920_b.jpg

Smart looking, and very pleasing, but it's not what I'd call hot. (I really dislike the title of this thread....)

Highly appreciate the level top tube.

Nice color, too.

I think the Pinarello's hot. Not a big fan of paint schemes including hi-vis (I just feel they don't age well), but I love the combo there. I get the impression that a lot of companies go with boring black/red/white combinations on their top models, while reserving more daring and unusual colourways for the mid-to-low end bikes.

not that that pinarello is bad, just not fond of this styling direction of this f8/f10/gan family. setup and position is good. the graphics is just a bit too much.... 3rd and 4th color esp in highlighter-green is unecessary. 7.5/10

ZERO. Not hot!

See, fit in here now!

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...hmentid=574452

Well, they weren't wrong. I'd say there are other issues than that, but I won't go into it.

What bottle cages are those?

these ones :thumb: They are pretty strong at retaining the bottle.
Blackburn cinch Carbon Fiber Cage from BikeBling.com

hurt feelings in aisle 3