Originally Posted by
indyfabz
Apart from her smile, the Mona Lisa looks like every other painting of woman out there.
P.S. That's a ceramic finish, not paint, and you cannot see the LOVE statue decal nor get a sense of varying tubing sizes and the seductive curves of the stays from the photo.
You could say the same kind of thing for any high end carbon frame too. It wasn't a criticism btw. It was merely an observation that any perception that carbon bikes might all look the same is true of any other frame material too. I actually see more subtle variation in carbon frame tube profiles than in any other material.
A quick glance down this compilation of top 10 Ti bikes of 2022 shows very little variation. If you removed the names it would be very hard to identify them. I'm not saying it would be much easier with carbon bikes, but I could easily spot say a Trek Madone from a Specialized Tarmac or a Bianchi without relying on the paint job.
https://www.bikeradar.com/advice/buy...um-road-bikes/