Colour of a bike - would you ride a feminine colour?

[Chris S]

I once sold a lipstick-red Raleigh MTB for £10 because I couldn't stand the colour. I thought I'd get used to it but I didn't.

 

[Gunk]

I dig my orange and black bike. View attachment 540370

I do like an orange bike.

 

[Welsh wheels]

Red slows bikes down...

Most of my road bikes are red. Perhaps I'll use this excuse next time I get dropped.

 

[Reynard]

I once sold a lipstick-red Raleigh MTB for £10 because I couldn't stand the colour. I thought I'd get used to it but I didn't.

Well, you won't be liking my current little project, then... (P.S. Yes, it is a Raleigh)

 

[Paulus]

I once sold a lipstick-red Raleigh MTB for £10 because I couldn't stand the colour. I thought I'd get used to it but I didn't.

Wouldn't that be called ' go faster red' 😁

 

[Paulus]

I do like an orange bike.

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Nice bike. Surely the colour is Burnt Amber or something like that.😀

 

[Teamfixed]

I think it depends on the type of frame...
Look at a classic 531 Colnago or holdsworth etc and they can look really nice finished in flamboyant colours whereas aluminium frames much less so for some reason IMHO.

 

[Soltydog]

I do prefer the unpainted Ti, but I do have one pink bike (awaiting assembly) Carlton Giro, & I also have 3 pink jerseys, so I'm not afraid so wear 'girly' colours Ride or wear whatever colour you like & sod everyone else

 

[AuroraSaab]

There's no such thing as a 'feminine' colour; there's just colours. You do need to like the colour of your main bike though, in my opinion. Same with cars. You spend a lot of time sitting in it/on it so it has to be something that has visual appeal. If it's just a car or bike to get you from A to B the colour is less important.

 

[Gunk]

There's no such thing as a 'feminine' colour; there's just colours. You do need to like the colour of your main bike though, in my opinion. Same with cars. You spend a lot of time sitting in it/on it so it has to be something that has visual appeal. If it's just a car or bike to get you from A to B the colour is less important.

Speak for yourself, I wouldn't be seen dead driving this.

 

[gavroche]

I wouldn't ride a pink bike or drive a pink car.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Considering a build based on this frame

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I like that, & considered the frame/forks as a replacement for my ('first generation') CGR
Until, I saw the price of them

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I like that, & considered the frame/forks as a replacement for my ('first generation') CGR
Until, I saw the price of them

That is a downside. I didn't purchase in the end, sometime after winter I'll just strip and totally rebuild my PX, likely with a new groupset as my LH Rival lever is getting a bit loose.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not fully 'feminine', but I bought this Orbit America new (1990) from the legendary 'Two Wheels Good' in Leeds
The '89 Marin Pine Mountain came from there too

The tights were from 'Troll' (rock-climbing clothing)

Even the respray was bright
I did think of a full pink
Yes!, the saddle is well forward there, but I'd let a friend try it for that ride

Future, at the time, bro-in-law, with me (1)

Mortimer Road (aka 'The Strines')
I suffered that day, as bottom gear was 42 x 21

1. 3 of us rode; Wakefield > Denby Dale > 'Sovereign Crossroads' > New Mills > Holmfirth > Holmbridge > HolmeMoss > Woodhead Pass > Torside Road > Glossop > LadyBower > 'Strines' > Penistone > Denby Dale > Wakefield

A good friend/fellow MTB (& CX) racer came with us, riding his Kona (on slicks)
G/f of time (wife since '98) followed/'leap-frogged' in our car - mainly to make sure we didn't leave her baby brother behind somewhere


Top of Snake Pass

 

[Saluki]

Is this a feminine colour? I had never considered whether it was or not. I ride it a lot.

I don’t much like black or grey bikes. I prefer a nice shade.