Colour of a bike - would you ride a feminine colour?
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T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
My bike colour choice can only get a little brighterA pink jersey is ok, a pink bike a bit much. Bright pink tape on a Ti bike could be
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
Six Road bikes - 2 Black (modern), 1 Grey (1980s), 1 Blue (1996), 1 Red (1990) and 1 Green (1989) (as in Italian Flag green).
1 Fixie - Black and Red.
Two MTBs, 1 Black and 1 Grey.
1 1970's old road frame project, colour yet to be decided (maybe British Racing Green in homage to my late Dad - the colour of his "best" racing bike in the the late 1950's).
Each to their own (BTW, N+1 definitely a bare Titanium framed beauty, earmarked as a retirement present to myself in c5 years time).
1 Fixie - Black and Red.
Two MTBs, 1 Black and 1 Grey.
1 1970's old road frame project, colour yet to be decided (maybe British Racing Green in homage to my late Dad - the colour of his "best" racing bike in the the late 1950's).
Each to their own (BTW, N+1 definitely a bare Titanium framed beauty, earmarked as a retirement present to myself in c5 years time).
Why wait? Live for the now
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
I'm going to have the Eddy Merckx Strada OS refinished in Team Telekom colours, of which one is euphemistically called Telemagenta (it's pink).
https://www.speedbicycles.ch/velo/533/eddy_merckx_titane_team_telekom_olaf_ludwig_1995.html
https://www.speedbicycles.ch/velo/533/eddy_merckx_titane_team_telekom_olaf_ludwig_1995.html
Toshiba Boy
N+1er
- Location
- By the beach, West Zummerzet
Stable went up by two over past 12 months....... Need a "polite" gap....Why wait? Live for the now
Well, I decided not to and got deposit back. Did then pop to Decathlon who had the 500 in stock - in theory and better bike at £175 less as it has Sora rather than Claris and disk brakes. Yet when I sat on two different ones they just felt cheap and average, whereas the Allez felt a lot better, and this was me trying not to be a 'snob' about this. it just didn't feel as comfortable or as solid. Anyone else experienced that?
Not off topic, but a bit of a tangent.
Last January I went to Bob Jacksons, here in Leeds, to order one of their frames. We talked through a number of details, what width tyres, which bottom bracket, lots of things. I thought all the specs were sorted, ready to pay the deposit. The man asked, 'what colour do you want?'
Do you know, I had no clue at all!
Last January I went to Bob Jacksons, here in Leeds, to order one of their frames. We talked through a number of details, what width tyres, which bottom bracket, lots of things. I thought all the specs were sorted, ready to pay the deposit. The man asked, 'what colour do you want?'
Do you know, I had no clue at all!
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Bright pink tape on a Ti bike could be
Funny you should say that... Guess what I saw this evening whilst driving to Tesco.
I overtook the lady in question (giving her a suitably wide pass). Didn't stop me from noticing the bike though.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Ah, a dartboard moment ensued?
Or rather, a darts-at-a-paint-chart moment. 
What colour did you get in the end?
Nomadski
I Like Bikes
- Location
- LBS, Usually
I always loved the bright green colour Cannondale used a few years back. Most new bikes I see tend to all be boring black these days.
wheresthetorch
Dreaming of Celeste
- Location
- West Sussex
Thank goodness for Bianchi!
I have the 500, very happy with it after about 1000 miles, but it is my first road bike, and have nothing to compare it to. You have to go with what you are comfortable with.
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Chromatic
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Yellow is the answer to his question.
