Should bar tape and saddle colour match?

[Sittingduck]

White's alright if it's the stuff you can clean up well with baby wipes. The cotton or cork stuff don't cut the mustard...

Black's a safe option and always looks right.

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

Red n black roadie frame, black saddle and bar tape, red cable outers black pedals, black tyres with red detail.

I did have red bar tape, but two flats during the lousy weather put paid to that.

 

[nilling]

Black/Black on all my bikes except my Bianchi fixie which is of course has Bianchi Green bar tape

 

[MisterStan]

Bianchi Green bar tape

 

[Soltydog]

Blue bar tape and black saddle.

Ditto. I did change the bar tape to black, but the whole bike looked dull, so its back to blue bar tape now
If I could find a comfy blue saddle I'd change that to match

 

[Shadow]

I'm not changing my white bar tape til its really non-white when I shall get pink tape and a pink saddle.

 

[Cycleops]

Matching bra and panties every time.

 

[biggs682]

i like bright coloured bikes , but cant stand white saddles & bar tape so normally go for whats on offer

 

[Shadow]

Holy thread resurrection batman!

I'm not changing my white bar tape til its really non-white when I shall get pink tape and a pink saddle.

Nothing like planning ahead.....tape duly changed, at last....

...'correct' saddle harder to find!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

To really wind him up get tyres in a different colour and brake cables in another.

 

[Globalti]

Holy thread resurrection batman!

Nothing like planning ahead.....tape duly changed, at last....
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...'correct' saddle harder to find!

Yebbut now your bottle cages don't match!

 

[DCBassman]

Yebbut now your bottle cages don't match!

That's what hit me immediately!
Mind, one bike has black saddle, bright blue tape, the other has mismatched wheels...

 

[Dogtrousers]

Explain that they are in harmony. Tell him that only a dullard would demand that they are the same colour, and that if he cannot appreciate the subtle counterpoint between your lime green bar tape and purple saddle then he is unworthy of the title of brother-in-law.

 

[figbat]

How about a different colour tape on each side of the bar?

 

[jayonabike]

Nowt wrong with white tape and saddle