Road Bike Frame Colour Schemes

[Smokin Joe]

Can't help thinking of this whenever I read vickster's anti black posts Fast Show

I'm anti black as well, but my new frame is black. It was cheap and the colourful graphics make it look better.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

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

So true. Most modern road bikes look really garish. It's very rare to come across anything remotely tasteful looking, and they tend to be the niche market traditional steel ones..

 

[Spiderweb]

This is my Specialized Tricross, it’s the colour of sh*te!
I photographed the bike next to a pile of sh*te and it’s the same!

 

[rugby bloke]

This is my Specialized Tricross, it’s the colour of sh*te!
I photographed the bike next to a pile of sh*te and it’s the same! View attachment 448891 View attachment 448892

Its got to be said ... that's a difficult colour to like. My mum had a Vauxhall Chevette in a similar colour back in the day.

 

[Spiderweb]

Its got to be said ... that's a difficult colour to like. My mum had a Vauxhall Chevette in a similar colour back in the day.

Thanks for that, I'm a little hurt!

 

[youngoldbloke]

This is my Specialized Tricross, it’s the colour of sh*te!
I photographed the bike next to a pile of sh*te and it’s the same! View attachment 448891 View attachment 448892

I like it. Classy and understated.

 

[Spiderweb]

I like it. Classy and understated.

Thank you for that, it's exactly what I think.
@rugby bloke obviously has no class!

 

[rugby bloke]

Thanks for that, I'm a little hurt!

In fairness its still more classy than my Giant - see earlier post

 

[Smokin Joe]

This is my Specialized Tricross, it’s the colour of sh*te!
I photographed the bike next to a pile of sh*te and it’s the same! View attachment 448891 View attachment 448892

It looks so awful that it actually looks rather nice, I'd be happy on it. If you're going to do ugly, do it properly.

The colour reminds me of a former girlfriends underwear.

 

[Spiderweb]

It looks so awful that it actually looks rather nice, I'd be happy on it. If you're going to do ugly, do it properly.

The colour reminds me of a former girlfriends underwear.

I'm glad you can see the beauty in my bike.
So your girlfriend used to sh*t herself!

 

[Globalti]

There are several different shades of celeste, which means "heaven" in Italian. You can't appreciate it from a photo. To enjoy it properly you have to see it in daylight and touch the lines of the bike and enjoy the silky feel of the matte finish.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

It looks so awful that it actually looks rather nice, I'd be happy on it. If you're going to do ugly, do it properly.

The colour reminds me of a former girlfriends underwear.

I used to have a beaten-up old 998cc Mini commuting hack in British Leyland's finest shite brown livery. It looked awful, especially with a 4" wide strip of sheet metal pop riveted to the door bottoms where they had rusted away - but I could leave it anywhere and it never got touched. In my defence I only paid £200 for it and I had a much nicer "Sunday best" one in Red.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I used to have a beaten-up old 998cc Mini commuting hack in British Leyland's finest shite brown livery. It looked awful, especially with a 4" wide strip of sheet metal pop riveted to the door bottoms where they had rusted away - but I could leave it anywhere and it never got touched. In my defence I only paid £200 for it and I had a much nicer "Sunday best" one in Red.

"Awful" is cool in it's own way. Miles better than just dull.

 

[youngoldbloke]

I don't see that as 'brown', it's a more of purple bronze metallic.

 

[Reynard]

I used to have a beaten-up old 998cc Mini commuting hack in British Leyland's finest shite brown livery. It looked awful, especially with a 4" wide strip of sheet metal pop riveted to the door bottoms where they had rusted away - but I could leave it anywhere and it never got touched. In my defence I only paid £200 for it and I had a much nicer "Sunday best" one in Red.

Although like every Mini, it'd probably still go like s**t off a shovel from the traffic lights...