RegG
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- Nottingham
The Councils obviously have very good taste!!
Vibrant bike colours
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NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
I'm biased, but I've yet to see a colour scheme better than the 2016 Boardman Pro Carbon:
The colour schemes on the subsequent Boardman ranges have been uninspiring at best and were a major factor in me buying the Giant, which also has bright green detailing:
That said, Giant appear to have gone down the same route since.
Both bikes have green dust caps as well, just to set things off nicley.
The Giant replaced this Boardman Road Comp which had a fantastic "liquid mercury" paint job which really popped in the sunlight:
It originally came with white bar tape, which looked fantastic but it was impossible to keep clean.
The Raleigh Amazon I had in the 90s also had a great paint job - I've never seen as much metallic flake in a finish. The base colour was green, but the flake could make it look different colours depending on the angle you looked at it from.
FWIW, I also have a pearlescent orange car (with orange dust caps)
The colour schemes on the subsequent Boardman ranges have been uninspiring at best and were a major factor in me buying the Giant, which also has bright green detailing:
That said, Giant appear to have gone down the same route since.
Both bikes have green dust caps as well, just to set things off nicley.
The Giant replaced this Boardman Road Comp which had a fantastic "liquid mercury" paint job which really popped in the sunlight:
It originally came with white bar tape, which looked fantastic but it was impossible to keep clean.
The Raleigh Amazon I had in the 90s also had a great paint job - I've never seen as much metallic flake in a finish. The base colour was green, but the flake could make it look different colours depending on the angle you looked at it from.
FWIW, I also have a pearlescent orange car (with orange dust caps)
No, but it's just about the right shade of red. I even managed to get matching panniers.
I'm biased, but I've yet to see a colour scheme better than the 2016 Boardman Pro Carbon:
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The colour schemes on the subsequent Boardman ranges have been uninspiring at best and were a major factor in me buying the Giant, which also has bright green detailing:
View attachment 514381
That said, Giant appear to have gone down the same route since.
Both bikes have green dust caps as well, just to set things off nicley.
The Giant replaced this Boardman Road Comp which had a fantastic "liquid mercury" paint job which really popped in the sunlight:
View attachment 514382
It originally came with white bar tape, which looked fantastic but it was impossible to keep clean.
The Raleigh Amazon I had in the 90s also had a great paint job - I've never seen as much metallic flake in a finish. The base colour was green, but the flake could make it look different colours depending on the angle you looked at it from.
FWIW, I also have a pearlescent orange car (with orange dust caps)
That Giant is a great colour scheme. Bright loud colours work well juxtaposed with a conservative grey like that.
Specialeyes
Guru
- Location
- Essex
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
Thanks, it looks even better in the flesh on a sunny day.
It makes it more of a mystery why the colour scheme for the following model year was a washed out blue/grey that would have vanished on a foggy day...
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
Which you have to do quite a lot!
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Passed a friendly young man out on our ride today.
He was aboard one of these.
Though it was very smart, looks brighter in person.
He was aboard one of these.
Though it was very smart, looks brighter in person.
JtB
Prepare a way for the Lord
- Location
- North Hampshire
Nothing beats a splash of “Celeste”, but it has to be on a Bianchi of course.
Kempstonian
Has the memory of a goldfish
- Location
- Bedford
I like brightly coloured bikes. They are more visible to motorists - in the daytime anyway - so it could be argued that they might be a bit safer. Hard to miss some of them!
jay clock
Massive member
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- Hampshire UK
Ridley allows massive colour choice https://www.ridley-bikes.com/customize-your-bike/#/
smokeysmoo
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- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
