Originally Posted by
weekend30rider
I wrestle with this TBO. My brain tells me the Defy is as good as any other endurance bike (+/- slight variations I couldn’t appreciate), and I also know they don’t market as well as the other brands. But my system 1 brain screams it needs one of the sexier brands and that I wouldn’t be happy without a Cervelo or maybe Specialized.
i can relate to this. Some companies spend more on cool advertising and have a reputation to be sexy like you said. On one ride with some dudes a bunch of people came up to us bc one guy had a new BMC road machine and everyone was gushing. I had a pretty rare steel bike with Columbus zona tubing and no one cared