Editor's Choice: An Alternative Top 10 for 2017

As each year winds down we sharpen our pencils, trawl through our data and whip up our annual Bike EXIF Top Ten. But because that list is based purely on page views and social media activity, some of our personal favorites don't always make the cut. So, as has become tradition, we've compiled a follow up list—an Editor's Choice that ignores the numbers and favors the heart. It's a nod to those builders that we feel deserve recognition, to trends that we'd like to see take off in 2018, and to the bikes that stopped us dead in our tracks....