When I saw the thread title, I thought this was going to be about the Bicycles & Frames section of the website. The garage door shots make it look like a craigslist seller page.
At least it's better than the former approach where each thumbnail was a shot of the headbadge. Flashing to the headbadge with mouseover like they do now is a sensible idea; having all the headbadges next to each other was entirely bewildering to look at and just felt like a pile of brown ovals.
Originally Posted by
uprightbent
Lots of photos pushing bikes up hills?
Goes right in line with the geo.
Using super-long chainstays on a bike made for unpaved riding is a dangerous game. It makes some amount of sense if you're going for a beach cruiser fit, because the center-of-mass gets pushed way back. But what happens when the road turns steep skyward? If you keep the weight back, you'll have to muscle up with your torso just to stay on the saddle, and you'll excessively unweight the front wheel; handling will get nervous, and you might start doing unintentional wheelies. If you pull the weight forward (which in a beach-cruiser fit would require getting out of the saddle and not just sitting forward on the saddle), the rear wheel ends up way behind the center of mass, and it's hard to keep it planted and keep traction on your power transfer.
This is a big part of why almost everybody who designs bikes for unpaved use keeps the chainstays pretty short... not much longer than on traditional road bikes, oftentimes even if that means compromising a bit on q-factor.