Oh yessssss!
Yes! We all have an image of our perfect bike in our head. I always loved those black quill stems of that era (3T, ITM, Modolo, etc.) matched to white bar tape, and with a silver seatpost - it's just a classic mix - sort of sums up what I feel was the most attractive time for bikes. I also think it's just difficult to put a black seatpost with silver saddle rails... And that spokes should be silver and hubs too - but - had to get black hub last time as silver not available in Campy Record and couldn't afford Royce... And I'm still not comfortable with where it switches over from black hub to silver spoke! Prefer black rims too - again I guess that's an 80's Mavic/Ambrosio nostalgia?
Love THAT shade of blue!
) and then the panniers needed to compliment everything as well and I wanted a pattern, haha! I think a mix of black and silver would be good, I feel that just one part in a color would stand out where multiple would flow. Maybe black grip tape or saddle would look nice. Aesthetics are an important part of biking, I decided on my current ride over my other contender because while they both were great I thought she was prettier.
but the saddle is black.
Complicated! I'm still not sure I've reached the bottom of it! I eventually went with a colour called 'sable' on the paint chart, a sort of mauve which the sprayer said he'd never used on a bicycle frame in over 30 years of spraying. It worked well though. Looked stunning. And distinctive.
