If we are sick of Chinese and Western brands producing SL7 and Scott Foil clones, what exactly are we looking for in terms of innovation?
Simply good bikes without glaring issues would be a start.
I don't see much innovation in this bike. Seka Spear is innovative in terms of design features that actually improve the performance of the bike and a more relaxed geometry for a more average rider who still wants a 'racing' bike.
Just rapidly churning out ideas without following through and ensuring the implementation is actually a net positive isn't innovation, it's gimmickry.
Take the Tideace FM-CR068, f.e.: It's an absolutely terrific design, and I would've genuinely put it in league with big western designs and bough one myself, if not for one thing: the mess that is the rear end. Putting the fixed 73° seat angle aside, the whole mess they made to have that Lapierre, Madone, whatevere-else-esque design does nothing but add weight, demolish aerodynamics and incerease complexity and likelihood of failure.
I actually don't mind the hole as much as I mind the poor implementation of it.
