The combination of gloss and flat black is slightly annoying. Also it does not appear that the red on the frame and bottle holders are the same shade. If you are going with the "matchy-matchy" approach the colors need to match. That being said I actually like the bike.

Hot. My eye is constantly drawn to the fork, which is the hottest part.

New handlebar, back to white tape, black hoods:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...l/DSC_6073.jpg

Hot. Great proportions and angles. Love the polished titanium looking silver paintjob. Not a fan of 32 spoke wheels on road bikes though.

I like it. But that might simply be too many spokes for a 'hot'.

Wow. This thing is still going. Dig the 'Dale. :)

I'm getting a new bike, I think, so I thought I'd take a peek around here. Think I'm going with a Fuji SST - might be a little while before I brave posting it here though. :D

Hot... looks very classy

Super HOTTT... Nice looking bike with some flair from the cable housing, bottle cages, and even the zipties holding the sensor on the chainstay.

Now there's an endorsement that's rarely seen. I feel special :p

Hot. Older "Made in America" Dales are very special - everytime I see a frame up close, it's just drool-worthy.

Its already against a wall, why lean it all awkwardly?

Why not.

The Cannondale is simply the sum of some expensive parts but not special. In my opinion, a bike has to be unique as well as beautiful to be hot.

Well if you are going to go through the trouble of taking a pic and posting it in HrN then maybe going through the trouble of staging it might garner enough of a bump to make it hot. Just look at the majority of the other bikes posted.

Hot. Mainly to mess with peoples' heads.

I love this because I love what modern engineering has done with Aluminum. These frames are amazing and absolutely rival most carbon frames.

Love the bike. Not so sure about the instagram feel of the photo.

A picture like this just shows what bike you have, but not really what it looks like. I have to look at all the individual details and then try to imagine how they actually fit and flow together. This is not about crank angles, gear selection and valve stem positioning - simply leaning the bike straight against the wall and taking a photo looking straight at it would have taken no extra effort, but it would have shown the bike for what it really is.

That can be solved, how about this ;)

https://scontent-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hp...c0&oe=55A2CCCF

Hot

While at Rapha...

http://s21.postimg.org/73z4znmuv/IMG...425_185127.jpg



I'll post another one later against a plain nothingness background to show the changes I've been making as the days go by.