Colour of a bike - would you ride a feminine colour?
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Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Aww pocket sized bike. Helmet is almost as big
*chuckle*
That pocket-sized bike still makes me grin like a loon, nearly four years after buying it.
My head... Well...
vickster
Legendary Member
What size? Sigma have some in the red
54 - may just see if they are telling the truth in being in stock 7-8 days from now.
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Considering a build based on this frame
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Badger_Boom
Über Member
- Location
- York
Define ‘feminine’ colours.
I’ve worn pink shirts for years and when an opinion has been offered, my partner and many female friends and colleagues like blokes in the colour. But most men would prefer back to school white, or blue at a push rather than risk being caught in a ‘girls’ colour.
I’ve worn pink shirts for years and when an opinion has been offered, my partner and many female friends and colleagues like blokes in the colour. But most men would prefer back to school white, or blue at a push rather than risk being caught in a ‘girls’ colour.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Pray, what are these "hills" of which you speak?
P.S. This is my least red bike. Top tube and down tube only, in this case.
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Personally I always buy very neutral colours, usually black or grey with, hopefully, distinctive, subtle highlights.
I feel enjoying the colour of one's bike is important so be careful about your choice.
As for "feminine" colours? No such thing in this day and age.
I feel enjoying the colour of one's bike is important so be careful about your choice.
As for "feminine" colours? No such thing in this day and age.
vickster
Legendary Member
Phone and ask to reserve, a very good retailer 👍
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Colour's OK to me, although it might affect resale value in the future.
Chromatic
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Oi!!!
What's wrong with a red bike?
I don't know really, I suppose nothing is wrong with a red bike in reality. It's just that red is not yellow. When I was a kid I had a yellow Sun bike and ever since I've decided bikes should be yellow, and yellow is my favourite colour and I don't like red.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
My short answer to the opening question is "Yes".
Once upon a time I ordered a custom frame from Mercian Cycles. Faced with a near infinite choice of colours, I soon realised that if I'm buying my perfect frame, it will look fantastic in any colour.
Predictably enough, when it arrived I wasn't particularly happy with my choice. Far too conservative in retrospect. So if it had been a case of "you can have any colour as long as it's lilacky-clay", I'd probably have ended up with a better result.
I had a nostalgic look at the Mercian site - link below. If you scroll down to the pictures of actual frames, do you see anything that wouldn't be absolutely magnificent?
https://www.merciancycles.co.uk/frames/colours/
Once upon a time I ordered a custom frame from Mercian Cycles. Faced with a near infinite choice of colours, I soon realised that if I'm buying my perfect frame, it will look fantastic in any colour.
Predictably enough, when it arrived I wasn't particularly happy with my choice. Far too conservative in retrospect. So if it had been a case of "you can have any colour as long as it's lilacky-clay", I'd probably have ended up with a better result.
I had a nostalgic look at the Mercian site - link below. If you scroll down to the pictures of actual frames, do you see anything that wouldn't be absolutely magnificent?
https://www.merciancycles.co.uk/frames/colours/
vickster
Legendary Member
Black, brown, grey..
