The Felt is pretty close. For me, the crankset and rings are the biggest offenders...I understand why they moved the Di2 battery from the NDS chainstay to the seat post, but it's less aesthetically pleasing there IMO.

I can consider this to be hot. What do you think. I have upgraded to road pedals on it now

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You have to, at the very least, take the picture from the drive side...

You really put your bike at a disadvantage if you don't stage it against a plain background. It's really hard to get a good look at a bike against a cluttered background as it is here.

Also, remove the water bottles that don't in any way match the color of the bike.

Otherwise, it has a fighting chance to be hot.

...also the tire logo isn't lined up with the front valve. The horror!

This... typically, the standard is a white garage door. But as long as it's solid colored (obviously not black in this case), we'll be able to give it a better look. My initial read is that it's going to be HOT, but give us a better staged picture.

This color scheme just isn't working for me. And honestly, I prefer the logo version than the non logo version. Maybe it's too shiny? The shiny white and shiny black are bothering me... matte would look better. And am I the only one that thinks the seat looks high?

I'm not hating your bike... just can't give it a hot.

This is one of those things that isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things but drives me absolutely nuts.

I thought so, too.

Yeah, you have to figure what else was missed, like, is the bar tape not overlapping the exact same amount on each trip around the bar or are all the cables clipped to the same length.

I think it would have a complete change in aesthetics (in a positive manner) if you put more spacers under the stem and tried a flipped 6 or 10 degree. Since you have a sloping top tube and a high seat post, the back half of your bike looks really aggressive. The front half looks like it was set up for somone with very little flexibility. Just my thought

Personally, I feel the tires/valves not lined up is such a rookie mistake, that I'd be double checking the all the bolts on the bike to make sure it was properly assembled.

Saddle is ps-ed higher in the first pic ... its not my bike, so ...

Yep, its ps-ed... trying to see what it takes to get the "hot" nod ... hard to upgrade componets. ( like the 5600 to 6800 guy did )

So this is becoming the equivalent of "photoshop a Playboy model into my Facebook profile pic and call her my girlfriend" thread?

Well first off, don't buy a Trek if you want a HOT nod in here!!!

Second, I gave you my idea. Your stack height may be taller but having that high degree at attention is hard to be aesthetically pleasing for ME. A flatter line to the hoods would give it a more aggressive look in my opinion. Go back and look at the felt in the last page. Higher stack but lower angle stem.

And I'm totally kidding about number 1. Well kinda

Really? I think that it's a bigger deal than much of the stuff that gets harped on here.

Um... why are you creeping my FB page? I am dating Taylor Swift, so back the H E double hockey sticks off.

Really? Taylor Swift? i here she's kinda clingy

She is. That's why I kicked her to the curb.

I'm glad you brought that up. This is one of those ridiculous rules that has run it's course. It has to go!

I mean, visually I can see the point, some bikes would look neater with it, but if the bike is hot, it's hot regardless. This is just one of those ocd nitpicking details that don't need to get forced on everybody else.

Tell you the truth I'm like that at home. I'm a lot like Monk, drives my wife crazy! lol But I would never try to enforce that standard on somebody else.

I'm thinking we ought to drop that one.

And all the other ocd nitpicking ones like it. I'll be glad to point them out as they come along.

Har har.

Yeah I'm glad you brought that up, all jokes aside, the Trek hating has to go too.

You've got my vote.

Doesn't king hoternot outrank super moderator?

Har har. Don't be silly!