2018 World Tour Pro bikes

[BobO]

I wish they'd have used a GvA TeamMachine instead of the Richie Porte one. Bikes look really strange with a head tube that short.

[shovelhd]

Originally Posted by chiasticon

curious, since I don't know a ton about the latest DA di2.... some of these have very clean wiring up front, where you can't see junction box A. are they wiring into the handlebar to the bar plug charger port (assuming that's also a junction box), or something else? I assume you can only use this junction box/charging port option if the bar design allows internal routing, right?

Yes, EW-RS910. Not for every bar without some mods.

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by Expedited

I enjoyed the old Giant Alpecin bikes over this year's rendition. Something about it just doesn't match the same awesomeness as the previous version.

+1.

I still think that, relative to this new bunch, the Giant looks good.

[ptourkin]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Bing, bing, bing, we have a winner!!

Can we just let him pin a thread. Disc brakes (and tubeless and 1x) are a hoax?

[mhespenheide]

Man, the Factor looks the best to my eye, but largely because it's both fairly traditional and doesn't have giant logos plastered over the wheels.

[bigbill]

The Katusha bike with the Zipp wheels, they're that funky shape but the front and rear are oriented differently.

[Mikej]

Man, its weird, not ONE of those bikes is my cup-o-tea. Some nice wheels and grouppo's, but nothing else really.

[Burnette]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/01/bikes-2018-worldtour/

And disagree it's the WWE of bike biz. Manufacturer's have used the european pro pelOton for new product testing, then intro for a long time..

BUT way interesting lineup.

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/01/bikes-2018-worldtour/

Pro cycling is the WWE of cycling and we all know it's driven by the bike maker's marketing department. Taylor Phinney and others and others have lamented how the hype machines have pushed them to say and use things they don't agree with.

But Pro cycling is a spectacle that brings out all of the new stuff for us to ogle and in that vein I can join in an enjoy looking at Pro bikes with you.

[Burnette]

I like the Canyon, Specialized S-Works and the Bianchi mainly for it's color!

And, looking at that page, the short riders and riders who prefer small frames, it looks like I could ride a few of those, albeit with a dropped seat, Ha!

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/01/bikes-2018-worldtour/

[Matthew]

Front ends on many bikes are now hideous. I still want to turn the fork around on the Pinarello. Just looks backwards. And that the Scott and Canyon are fugly.

[Llewellyn]

We need a vomiting smilie. They're all hideous.

[Matthew]

The Lapierre and Merida. Wow, those are terrible. Hate the super short seat stays and the seat tube/seat stay junction on the Lapierre is huge. I do like the more traditional styled bikes though. Specialized has definitely taken a step back in looks. But I would have no problem riding any of them!!

[Burnette]

Originally Posted by Matthew

The Lapierre and Merida. Wow, those are terrible. Hate the super short seat stays and the seat tube/seat stay junction on the Lapierre is huge. I do like the more traditional styled bikes though. Specialized has definitely taken a step back in looks. But I would have no problem riding any of them!!

The stems that Scott Foil and Specialized Venge use look horrible to me. But I agree, would like to ride them anyway.

[cadence90]

And, for yet another year, 2/3 of the Paceline Image Gallery bicycles look better than all of the ProTour rides....
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[choke]

I remember the days when I would drool over the latest pro bikes and wish that I had something similar. It's been a very long time since that is the case, so long that I'm not even sure what the last pro bike was that I coveted.

There's not a single bike in that bunch that I would want to own even if it was given to me. As for the Lapierre, I don't find its appearance to be worse than any of the others.