Pick a colour for your bike

[Cathryn]

It may be worth asking how durable a finish is. I had a bike resprayed Flam red by Argos in Bristol and it chips and flakes easily - they told me afterwards a solid colour would have better.

Answering the question- orange.

Oooh thanks for the heads up.

 

[Paulus]

As some others have alluded to, something in the blue range, Merkx blue is my favourite.

 

[T4tomo]

I'm not sure what the "Flam" bit means, but the deeper flam reds and flam orange are nice rich colours, Viola also nice if your a purple sort of lass. (assuming its not a Bianchi)
what bike is it on - I'm assuming something steel given its been repaired?

 

[T4tomo]

Harrumph.

Yes everything about that bike screams dull....except the brass bell. keep that and change the rest.....

 

[mustang1]

Vyola 11 for me!

 

[Punkawallah]

Harrumph.

Bit ‘bling’, innit?

 

[sebinho]

Hard to choose a colour without seeing the bike, i think.

 

[Deafie]

Blu 2 would look stunning with black rims, fenders etc

 

[presta]

Red ones go faster . . .

"wearing red is consistently associated with a higher probability of winning"

It may be worth asking how durable a finish is.

Dawes call their paint 'Ardaznailz', and after 23 years experience of it I'd say it's certainly durable, but I think that's because it's flexible and resilient rather than just hard. (The pressure from the Ty-Raps holding the lighting cable made a slight impressions in it, which then disappeared by themselves after they were removed)

preferably Matt black

My Raleigh Record's satin black, and it's a complete and utter rust bucket. The paint isn't impervious to water, so the bike's covered all over in rust scabs that are just spontaneously erupting from areas of paint that were previously pristine and undamaged.

 

[netman]

Flam Orange...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Dawes call their paint 'Ardaznailz',

Only in Britain.

 

[AndyRM]

Magenta and Astral Silver.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Veoro Lago (spelling?) - about halfway down the right hand column.

I like bright blue colours.

 

[Spiderweb]

I think ‘flam’ means flamboyant, my Hewitt Chiltern is Flamboyant Blue;

 

[Andy in Germany]

Yes everything about that bike screams dull....except the brass bell. keep that and change the rest.....

Ah yes, but it matches whatever the rider is wearing; one would not wish one's outfit to clash with one's bike.