In article , Colin Campbell wrote:

I also dislike straight front forks, but apparently I'm badl...

Straying a bit from the original question, but you're not alone.

Probably the three things that shout UGLY to me a threadless headsets,
straight forks, and a sloping toptube. Happily my own Habanero has none of
those aesthetic atrocities. Doubtlessly others could argue to the contrary.

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