On One Pompino 2010 colours

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redjedi

redjedi

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I've decided to build my first ever fixed gear bike, and after looking around long and hard, have decided that the On One Pompino ticks all the right boxes except one.......this years colours :biggrin:

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Chocolate brown or

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Moss green

Why did they stop making them in blue and white. They were by far the best colours.

The green isn't too bad, especially since I already own a nice Celeste colour Bianchi :sad:

Rumour has it next years colours won't get any better

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Perhaps I'm just too boring to own a Pompino.

Apart from your thoughts on the colours, what about my choice of frame? Is it a bit much for a first time fixed rider?

I'm looking around for second hand frames as well, but I'm a bit of a bike tart and like new ones.

And I thought about getting a cheap frame with decent components, then I could upgrade the frame later, but I just realised that the components would likely be incompatible.
 
raindog

raindog

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France
What's that on the seat stays? Looks like a big bit of tube poking out?
 
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redjedi

redjedi

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Brentford
Brackets for disk brake cables and/or hub gears. I think this one is a variation of the Pompino which will still be available.
 
stevevw

stevevw

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Luke
Will you have this done for the 26th or waiting for Dunwich in July?

By the way i do not like the colours either. :becool:
 
theclaud

theclaud

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threebikesmcginty said:
I quite like the brown one -
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It's lovely. I reckon that too much staring at minty celeste things must addle one's colour-perception.
 
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redjedi

redjedi

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stevevw said:
Luke
Will you have this done for the 26th or waiting for Dunwich in July?

By the way i do not like the colours either. xx(
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At the speed I'm going at choosing a frame, I might have it ready for next winter.

But I'm not crazy enough to do a long ride on it, I still like my gears :biggrin:

theclaud said:
It's lovely. I reckon that too much staring at minty celeste things must addle one's colour-perception.
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If they did one in Celeste then this wouldn't be an issue, but Moss Green is no Celeste :biggrin:

The browns not bad, but I don't want to get something that's just "alright".
 
GrasB

GrasB

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redjedi, to pick you up on one thing, the last bike you show there is a second variant of the Pomp designed for use with disc brakes & from what I gather will be sold along side it's canti/v-brake brother.
 
buddha

buddha

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They've got 5 blue/med/135mm left - on the site.

redjedi said:
Apart from your thoughts on the colours, what about my choice of frame? Is it a bit much for a first time fixed rider?
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My (blue) Pompino was my first road/fixed (3+ years ago). It's not as twitchy as most 'proper' road bikes (good thing IMO) and the ride is comfortable - being steel, and still makes a pretty light build. I did have a slight problem with toe overlap at first (eg when doing a slow u-turn) which has gone now, for some reason.

Best thing about the frame is that it's tougher than most MTB frames I have. I've had a couple of hard crashes and the frame is still as good as new (apart from a few scratches/cable rubs) under a protective coating of grime;).

If I were to build another fixed/ss I get another pompino.

... but not Moss Green or Brown:sad:
edit: brown doesn't look too bad on reflection. And paint job does look much better in the flesh than on their site.
 
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