men on womens bikes, is it ok? (BMC PURE PRO2)

[Deleted member 41544]

Just picked up a bmc pure pro2 shimano 105 version for the miniscule sum of £120, saw it on shpock and after a little bit of googling decided it was a bmc streetracer painted different.
Does anyone know if this is true?
Its a cracking bike but looks a bit girly!! do I embrace the whiteness or opt for a re-colour?? (probably powdercoat)

This is the colour scheme

 

[screenman]

Embrace it, I like white on bikes.

 

[Cuchilo]

White bikes are fastest !

 

[mark st1]

What on earth is the non white colour ? Magnolia ?

Edit and colour aside if it fits ride it

 

[Deleted member 41544]

according to the bmc catalogue from 2012 its aubergine, i know i must be the only bloke in england with an aubergine bike!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

There are no "womens bikes", there are no men's bikes. There are different bikes with different geometries and different frame styles.

There's nowt wrong with that colour scheme. Quite striking in fact.

 

[snorri]

Its a cracking bike but looks a bit girly!! do I embrace the whiteness or opt for a re-colour??

Embrace it man, this is 2017, not 1917.

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[mark st1]

according to the bmc catalogue from 2012 its aubergine, i know i must be the only bloke in england with an aubergine bike!

Nothing wrong with being unique. I once owned a pink a black bike

did people think it looked girly maybe ? Did I care nope.

 

[Deleted member 41544]

Nothing wrong with being unique. I once owned a pink a black bike

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did people think it looked girly maybe ? Did I care nope.

I really like that, well apart from the zig zagged seatpost

 

[Pat "5mph"]

One of my bikes is white, really hard to keep the frame clean.
Other than that, if you like it, enjoy it as it is.

 

[Tangoup51]

I don't see why you should be concerned over the color!

As @mark st1 post above reminds me, there's something quite nice about girly colors on aggressive-style mans roadies, the contrast is nice.

But that only really works for me on a frame that's aggressive and still having some more sinister looking colors like black to surround it,

With your bike however, I feel like a color change wont do a whole lot for it, it's not aggressive enough to benefit properly from some nice sinister colors.

besides there's merit in not liking the paint somewhat - You won't be complaining when you scrape it against the tarmac

 

[Tangoup51]

I really like that, well apart from the zig zagged seatpost

I can't stop seeing that seatpost now that I looked at it once... It looks a bit.. Special.

 

[Slick]

 

[Spiderweb]

I think it looks rather cool, definitely different and I bet you don't see another one. Great price too.

 

[Mrs M]

That's a lovely bike.
I'd keep the colour and not worry when anyone else thinks.