Ridley Noah - Is it wrong to buy a bike in team colours?

[AlanW]

I'm in the process of building up a "best" summer bike, and the chosen frame for the new stead is a Ridley Noah Disc. Now while its great to have the Ridley on line colour scheme configurator, its equally very hard to make a call with so many design options and colour combinations. Then to make matters worse, the more you play around the harder it is to come to some sort of final decision. The fact that the frame is very expensive means that I do really need to be 100% happy with it when its delivered, otherwise I fear that my wife will divorce me!!

But in saying all that, I keep refering back to the Lotto Soudal team colour scheme, it has a couple of extra colour features that all the other design options don't have.

Prehaps its just me, but its team colours, even though it makes no mention of Lotto Soudal on the paint design, it is a team colour design at the end of the day. For example I really hate team colour tops/shorts on anyone unless of course they are being paid to wear them.

 

[fossyant]

Erm,

It's black and red, so who cares. Good colour. No sponsor logo's so fine. The colour design will change next season.

 

[AlanW]

The nearest red/black non team colour combo

 

[Sharky]

For example I really hate team colour tops/shorts on anyone unless of course they are being paid to wear them.

I appreciate your view on clothing. I entered the Ride London one year. I didn't get in, but they sent me a jersey any way. To this day, I have never worn it as I would not be comfortable displaying an event that I hadn't actually ridden.

Re your frame colours - it looks quite nice. There have been lots of replica paint jobs over the years and it wouldn't put me off, although have never had one myself.

 

[AlanW]

The extra detail I like is on the fork legs and top tube

 

[Dogtrousers]

IMO You'd have to be a real nerd to spot that it's Lotto Soudal colours and not just a red bike. You'd have to be an tragic uber nerd to both spot it and care.

But if it's a personal bugbear of yours: "I really hate team colour tops/shorts on anyone unless of course they are being paid to wear them". and it would appear that it is, then get one in a different colour. It's your bike.

 

[AlanW]

Then once you start playing around with multiple design options and colours, that's when the problems start...

 

[fair weather cyclist]

Many years ago I read an article about colour theory and one of the main points was that the red/black/white combination was very powerful combination in the design world. I don't remember the reasons for it but it was something to do with black and white being opposites and red being received in a particular way by our brain.

That's why logos with red/black/white are powerful. Think about the Nazi flag for example.

 

[AlanW]

That's why logos with red/black/white are powerful. Think about the Nazi flag for example.

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[Cycleops]

The only colour for a bike is blue.

 

[T4tomo]

Then once you start playing around with multiple design options and colours, that's when the problems start... View attachment 622401

that's nice!

 

[fair weather cyclist]

The only colour for a bike is blue.

How would you find yours in a bunch though?

 

[Alex321]

Then once you start playing around with multiple design options and colours, that's when the problems start... View attachment 622401

Personally, I much prefer that one to the red/black.

But without the team logos on it, the red/black really won't stand out as being a replica of the Lotto Soudal bike. It is just a fairly common colour for Ridley bikes.

 

[Cycleops]

That's why logos with red/black/white are powerful. Think about the Nazi flag for example.

That's interesting, all I can see now when looking at the OP's red/black/white frame is the Nazi swastika flag

 

[DCLane]

It seems perfectly fine to me.

But then we've got a current team Ridley Noah Fast sat in the house ... it's my son's team bike though and looks like this albeit the disc brake version:

And now I'm wondering which one of my son's team left their bike in a bush