Fifty Plus (50+) - What Does Your Bike Color Reveal About You?

In another thread, Old School sez, "Your bike color reveals a lot about you." So fess up, what does your bike color say about you? (We already know DG is as pure as the driven snow).

In another thread, Old School sez, "Your bike color reveals a lot about you." So fess up, what does your bike color say about you? (We already know DG is as pure as the driven snow).

Bingo!

Probably it means I go for function before paint. My cyclocross is black/silver, FS is creme/burgandy, beater 1 is blue, and beater 2 is irredescent purple. Kinda' wish they were all blue/white, but it didn't go down that way. Maybe the TT I'll be setting up can be blue/white!! :)

It says that the color my LBS had in stock for the model I wanted in the size I needed happened to be red.

My bike colors reveal that I have a blue and white road bike, a brown beater road bike, a silver mountain bike, a purple mountain bike turned road bike and a red road tandem. That's about it.

I have a green mountain bike, a blue mountain bike, a red mountain bike converted to a drop bar commuter, and a white road bike.

I look to fit and function first, if the color isn't half bad and the price is right I will take it.

In another thread, Old School sez, "Your bike color reveals a lot about you." So fess up, what does your bike color say about you? (We already know DG is as pure as the driven snow).

My first road bike was on sale and that was the only one left. I had no choice. My second road bike I got free on a raffle at the grand opening. It was a free frameset. Again no choice. But on the second bike, I did have a choice on the build up. So I tried to do some color matching with what I got. No big deal.

My bike colour tells me that I'm gentle yet decisive, brilliant yet modest, set in my ways but eager for new experiences all the time. It says that I perceive everything with total accuracy but I sweat a lot. On cloudy days I'm insipid, perhaps even flaccid. When it rains I shed feathers. It syas that I will come across large sums of money and take a trip where I will inspire friends and enemies alike.

Of course I might be reading a bit too much into it.

It reveals that I am cheap, as I don't like red very much but went ahead and got it because it was such a good deal.

I'm living on blues power

If I had any choice at all my bikes would be stripped to bare aluminium and maybe.....just maybe clear coated. The carbon parts would be clear coated. Thats it.....no color at all.

Mine all say that I'm frustrated.....still looking for that perfect Emerald Green Steed.

Deep red-purple with very faint. fine grained metal flaking. I work in the wine business.

I'm still looking for a color that helps me get up the hills-------------

hmmmmmmmmm.............pink and chartreus

Bikes come in colors?

Mine reveal that Lemond sold only bright yellow Buenos Aires' in 1999, and that the Windsor Leeds I got on EBay for a song is blue, and that 1998 Specialized Hard Rocks are always red. and the conclusion is I don't really care what color the bike is!

With apologies to the Rolling Stones...

I see a fast bike and I want it painted black...

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!

I didn't get to choose any of the colors of my bikes. If I did, they'd all be black or brown. Nothing flashy...

Titanium. Not sure what that says about me. Hope I'm not a grey man.

It reveals that my LBS had that color in stock on the model I wanted on the right size for me.

Thanks for the nod, JT...
I have to admit that color does factor into my purchasing decision -- not just price. My Trek OCLV roadie might be described as "Merlot" with a hint of gold metal flake. My Trek MTB is "Trek Red" and silver. I chose each over other less appealing (to me) colors. What does that say about me? I guess I am a Trek fan for one, and a discerning consumer with a penchant for riding something that matches my hair color (I am a redhead, of course)!! :D

Well, I'll admit it. I am shallow. I was foolish when I got my road bike, and I thought color didn't matter, but I have never liked the silverish color of my Sequoia. Since then, I have insisted that all my bikes be red or pink. I shopped for an MTB till I found one that felt good and was red, and I special ordered my commuter bike and had it painted red. My grocery store bike just happened to be pink, and that's one of the reasons I bought it.

My helmet's red, my Camelbak's red, most of my shirts are red. My next car will be red. What that says about me is that I like red (and pink, but mostly red).

.......................................................... So fess up, what does your bike color say about you? ........................................

That I need a green one to balance things out. I have:

1 white
1 pink and white
1 silver
1 sparkly blue
1 beige
3 red

5 shades of blue, 4 reds, 2 black, one cream and red, one green, one weird mottled white/greenish, one violet, 1 pink, 1 in grey primer. Love'm all! (some more than others) :)

I think my green Lemond has some connection to my concern for the planet.
I also have three RED bikes.:eek::)

One black bike.
One blue bike.
One gold bike.
One blue-green bike.
One celeste bike.

Never thought about the colour- but that is about the only thing about my bike gets remarked on. It is so unremarkable to look at. Just like me.

My Thorn is Matt Black, no colour at all
Blue Tandem, Brown road Bike, and Red, White, and Blue TT bike ( patriotic)
Plain aluminium Claude Butler MTB, Orange Diamondback MTB

what does it say, says I have too any bikes :)

george

I'm an ash blond winter, somewhat unusual. In the spectrum easily available, the black/red/silver/white contrasting frames set off my skin well. Fortunately I do well with black shorts. Blue doesn't do well. So I've just replaced by blue bike with a black carbon one, highlighted with silver and red. That looks much better for me. It's compact, which doesn't fit my generally retro/classic approach to things, but the geometry is quite conservative and the font is very 1900. Helps make up for it!

Charcoal, like my personality, but that was only by chance. Does anyone choose a bike by it's color?

My mtn.bike reveals that blue was the color of the replacement frame they had when I cracked the original. My road bike, a silver and black Reno indicates that I didn't buy it the year before in the color that I liked better (an off-white and red).

More revealing is the colors my bikes are not. You won't ever find a yellow or orange bike in my stable.
(possible exception for burnt orange which looks nice on a bike and bears no resemblance to team colors (http://antiorange.dawgtoons.com/) of the evil empire).

More revealing is the colors my bikes are not. You won't ever find a yellow or orange bike in my stable.
(possible exception for burnt orange which looks nice on a bike and bears no resemblance to team colors (http://antiorange.dawgtoons.com/) of the evil empire).

Indeed. I can hang with lots of colors, but there are also some I just can't buy, even if the bike were otherwise fine. Orange, some shades of blue, pink, maybe purple.
I love black, red, and would be OK with white.

But really, everyone knows: Black is coolest, but red is fastest.

But really, everyone knows: Black is coolest, but red is fastest.

To paraphrase a poster on another board, "All of my bikes are black because black is so slimming." :)

I have 3 bikes I normally ride. The roadie is indigo blue and silver with small touches of red, green, yellow and black), the HT is silver and the Fully is indigo blue (yes there is a pattern here). I tell myself these are beautiful classy colors symbolic of a beautiful classy woman but my friends tell me they actually match the bruises I get after falling. So I guess I have to add, I'm also clumsy!

My bike herd colors span the spectrum, I don't discriminate but I do think particular bike builds have a "best" color combination so I try to look at the whole bike when deciding on a repaint color.

When I bought my Torelli, I had decided on Candy Red but I bought one in Gios Blue because it came with a Daytona/Centaur group upgrade for the same price as the other bikes with Mirage groups. Don

I think a bike in Ohio State colors would be really cool!

http://www.bicycle-gifts.com/jpg/ap36.jpg

I think a bike in Ohio State colors would be really cool!

http://www.bicycle-gifts.com/jpg/ap36.jpg

Not certain about that- Red with Silver? highlights. Be better if it was Gold.

Red and black with silver britches (http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=526232) is a good combination.

Tour de France is over. Now it's time for college football. WOOF-WOOF!!

Red and black with silver britches (http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=526232) is a good combination.

Tour de France is over. Now it's time for college football. WOOF-WOOF!!

Wooooohooooo!!!!!

Go Chargers! (Opps, that's pro...)

Not certain about that- Red with Silver? highlights. Be better if it was Gold.

Very apparent you're from a land far far away. It is not red and silver, but scarlet and gray! Go Bucks!!!!!

If I had any choice at all my bikes would be stripped to bare aluminium and maybe.....just maybe clear coated. The carbon parts would be clear coated. Thats it.....no color at all. No color at all-wouldn't that make it invisible? LOL

My bike is Blue. Thats the only color it came in from the manufacturer. Now if I had my choice, it would be the C-130H European camoflage pattern, or the Blue on Blue pattern called "Air superiority Blue". But hey, I'm just weird:p

I think a bike in Ohio State colors would be really cool!

http://www.bicycle-gifts.com/jpg/ap36.jpg

Would such a bike always finish second to one in orange and blue?

Would such a bike always finish second to one in orange and blue?

Ouch.... <sob>

But really, everyone knows: Black is coolest, but red is fastest.

So, with my black bike and the red 50+ jersey, I won't need to buy a faster bike! :D

My favorite color is blue, any blue will do.

Would such a bike always finish second to one in orange and blue?

NO, color has nothing to do with the speed of a bicycle as that is determined by the mechanics and the rider. Only someone from Washington D.C. would reach such a conclusion. By the way, what is a Hoya?

NO, color has nothing to do with the speed of a bicycle as that is determined by the mechanics and the rider. Only someone from Washington D.C. would reach such a conclusion. By the way, what is a Hoya?

Au contrare! Color has EVERYTHING to do with speed, and white bikes are obviously the fastest. Pretty common knowledge by now.

I think a bike in Ohio State colors would be really cool!


ACK!!!

My bike is red with silver lettering!!!

Never thought of it as having Buckeye colors. I may have to spray paint it now.

Thanks a lot, Gary!

(luckily the colors are just a bit off of tOSU colors, or I might really spray paint it. After all, the trim is silver, not gray. But it is too close for comfort.)

PS - Wisconsin has defeated Ohio State in three of the last four times they have played (football).

My bike is Metallic Blue. The fork is Metallic Blue fading to Carbon Grey.

Perhaps I'm just old and depressed, with interesting highlights.

:)

Mine says I'm minty fresh, want to contrast with the straw colored background grasses and gray pavement, am a girly-girl, not afraid to show my youthful side. My bike is mint green.

Of course it also means it was the only color in stock and after waiting for a month and a half for a different bike I caved in for the mint green one available NOW. No regrets.