When off the peg new bikes start costing more than some new cars - !

[Alan O]

But if you've spent £8500 on a racing bike which that is, you'd want to be quicker than everyone else, not just feel warm and fuzzy in yourself surely

Warm and fuzzy works for me.

Having £8,500 would work for me!

 

[smutchin]

I don't really like seeing the same bike out on the road and even less so if I'd spent £8500. Prefer to have something individual, but that's me

Exactly - it's your personal preference. Don't project your views onto other people as if they are somehow inherently morally superior.

Oh and it's black and carbon

It's not black.

 

[Tin Pot]

But if you've spent £8500 on a racing bike which that is, you'd want to be quicker than everyone else, not just feel warm and fuzzy in yourself surely

Not for me. I want to be quicker than myself on my roadie though.

 

[Tin Pot]

It's not black.

Computer says “No”.

 

[vickster]

Not for me. I want to be quicker than myself on my roadie though.

So you don't race on the Argon? Commuter?

 

[vickster]

Computer says “No”.

Looks black on phone? Maybe it's dark blue?

What is it about that bike that specifically appeals @Charlotte Alice Button

 

[Tin Pot]

I think we’re misunderstanding each other @vickster ?

 

[vickster]

I think we’re misunderstanding each other @vickster ?

Are we?

 

[smutchin]

Looks black on phone? Maybe it's dark blue?

They have one of Peter Sagan's S-Works Tarmacs on display at Specialized HQ which has the same glittery/pearlescent finish and having seen it up close, I know that one definitely is black, but it looks very different to the bike in the pic, which looks more dark blue/purple to me - though that could be a trick of the light.

Anyway, whatever colour it is, you don't like it and that's fine. But others do and that's also fine. It's not what I would choose if I had £8.5k to spend on a bike but that's nothing to do with the way it looks.

ETA: there are loads more pics of the bike on the cyclingtips review - definitely doesn't look black to me...
https://cyclingtips.com/2018/03/specialized-s-works-tarmac-sl6-disc-review/

 

[Lavender Rose]

Some shots look a very deep navy/glitter black colour? Its stunning

 

[Nibor]

I more than doubled the value o my car recently by putting my new brompton in the boot.

 

[derrick]

My spare bike is worth more than my car, At the end of the day no good taking your money to the grave, enjoy it while you can.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I just don't like plastic bikes.

Nor do I - and I wouldn't own a modern carbon even if it was free out of a skip, let alone pay real money for one! However, I would love to see that S-Works paint job applied to a classic lightweight steel bike fitted with gumwalls. The visual effect would be awesome.

 

[raleighnut]

Metallic Black,

No 'Gumwalls' though

 

[Alan O]

Nor do I - and I wouldn't own a modern carbon even if it was free out of a skip, let alone pay real money for one!

Oh, I'd have one if I found it in a skip - and I'd ride it at least as far as eBay