I see what you did there.

60cm 2015 Trek Domane 6.9

Correct. They are hydraulic.

It's a tough jury in Hot or Not. Overhere it is all about aesthetics: no spacers, no lights, no bags, chain on the right cogs, bars and levers at the right angle, etc., etc., etc. Post your bike in the "what roadbike do you have" topic and you'll find a more lenient crowd.

It must be the angle in the photo. I ride the same size Supersix with saddle in the sky and a stack of spacers, but it looks more proportioned to the wheels.

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head tube is 220mm, and the headset top is another 20mm, so it makes the frame look huge.

Being completely honest, I think the bike looks odd.

Honestly, due to the sloping / curved top tube it looks squat in the back, like a hyena.

please give a little explanation.

I agree the bike looks strange, but I don’t see the hyena.

It's not half as bad as the Specialized squatting dogs.

I think that it's about as hot as a tall bike is gonna get.

Thanks. That’s very nice of you to say.

I love the bike because it actually fits exactly the way I need it to.

It’s a little strange looking to some, but big bikes usually look odd to anyone that isn’t tall.

It's some kind of diagram or sketch of a modern bike for a tall person.

+1. When in the position I think he's envisioning, a hyena is more sloped.

I really like the build up that you have chosen.

Older Bianchi 928. Everything changed out except frame and compression plug. 17lbs as it sitshttps://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...af3960bee.jpeg

For me, Hot.

2016 Foundry Chillkoot, Ultegra 6800, Bontrager Aeolus 5 Comp wheelshttps://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b7ab38130f.jpg

The saddle looks like you could slide right off it and the frame pump on that bike is a no-no. Warm.

Unfortunately their initial attempt at internal frame routing didn't go well and it's not a very clean look. The headtube is also an unfortunately tall design and it's already slammed with a 2mm topcap and -17 deg stem. If the frame didn't ride so well I'd be in the market for a non endurance geometry frame. The wheel decals are also permanent but hopefully I'll have some full carbon Zipps soon.

I have that same frame, definitely hot to me. Have you tried fitting 28mm tires to that frame? If so, how's the clearance?

I really like the frame, and think the wheels are the right choice. Also kind of like what you did with the bar tape. Cages, ok; frame pump, not sure - I'd want to see the bike in the round, from a more realistic and elevated point of view. Saddle, no; pedals, no; stem, heavens no!

Nice frame, but not (yet).
That gold chain seems really out of place.

A white saddle would make that Foundry much hotter.