Road Bike Frame Colour Schemes

[Distorted Vision]

I just bought my first road bike!

 

[vickster]

You posted all those pretty colours and ended up with black...sigh

Enjoy

 

[Distorted Vision]

It's not black! Look carefully - its midnight blue ie dark blue / black and I absolutely love that colour!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8hJsjNgpkY

 

[vickster]

It's not black! Look carefully - its midnight blue ie dark blue / black and I absolutely love that colour!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8hJsjNgpkY

You're forgiven, but you need to lose the black tape still

 

[mickle]

I like to be able to hide my bike in a hedge. Drive side is Autumn, other side is Spring/Summer.

 

[chriswoody]

I quite like the natural raw look showing off the frame material, with only the lugs painted in British Racing Green.

 

[Paulus]

This is the latest bike I have bought---

 

[rogerzilla]

Bikes look lighter (weight) in lighter colours. Tourers can be dark green but not racing bikes. Black is ok on a racing bike if it's carbon, but not otherwise.

 

[Smokin Joe]

This is the latest bike I have bought---
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Very nice.

The traditional colour schemes were so much prettier than those of today.

 

[mickle]

I quite like the natural raw look showing off the frame material, with only the lugs painted in British Racing Green.

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I have one just like this hanging up in my garage, even down to the BRG painted lugs.

 

[NorthernDave]

Good thread.

I was going to buy a Boardman Team Carbon, but then saw this (very short lived) colour scheme on the Pro Carbon and immediately decided to spend the extra cash:

In the right light the silver looks like liquid and the green really pops.
Several people have stopped me to comment on it / ask about the bike and on the day I picked it up one woman spotted me wheeling it out of the shop and refused point blank to believe that Halfords sold bikes like that...

Then a bit later I'd all but decided to buy a 2018 Giant Contend SL2 as my new winter bike* - 10 speed Tiagra, a great colour scheme, good reviews, fitted like a glove:

But then I spotted the 2018 Contend SL1 - 11-speed 105 and an even better colour scheme and it would match the Pro Carbon with it being green.
I immediately spent the extra £200

And so it was decreed that any future bikes would also have to be at least partly green

* - ironically, I'd ruled Boardman out of the running for this bike as I didn't like any of the colour schemes on the models that fitted the bill.

 

[chriswoody]

I have one just like this hanging up in my garage, even down to the BRG painted lugs.

A Bamboo bike? You'll need to pop a photo up if so, i'm intrigued. I thought I was the only one round here, it would be great to see another.

 

[Smokin Joe]

A Bamboo bike? You'll need to pop a photo up if so, i'm intrigued. I thought I was the only one round here, it would be great to see another.

How's the bike going, Chris?

 

[chriswoody]

It's going great thanks. I've been meaning to post an update in my build thread for a while now . I'll endeavour to find the time this week. Overall though, no issues, it's been a lot of fun to ride this summer.

 

[wheresthetorch]