looking for images/examples of silver bikes with chrome fork and/or stays
 

noodling on a new restoration/refinish project using this silver/chrome combo and want to see some other examples before i commit. something like this (below).

TIA
walter

http://brown-snout.com/cycling/bikes...c5f772d9_o.jpg

My early seventies Bottecchia Professional or Giro d'Italia...
http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...ull_Side_1.jpg

1950 Norman Rapide
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/...a10b3347_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2504/...1ce_z.jpg?zz=1

I think it's a good look, though of course you'll need an accent pand or two at the brake between the chrome and the paint. PPG makes a shade of silver they call "Liquid Mercury" that's out of this world, and is a surprisingly close match for the paint on my '74 Pro.

i was thinking constrasting blue panels, actually!

do you have a color-code for this liquid mercury?

Nishiki Road Compe

EDIT: See below. Removing picture because of idiocy.

that's the greenest looking silver i've ever seen!

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=220799

ca 1974 Zileman type special.

OOPs. I misread your post. I thought you just wanted a chrome or silver fork.

Sorry.

These may help.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=220805 http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=220806 http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=220807

I have a silver Motobecane LeChampion with a chrome fork. I converted it to 650B and added some Honjo alloy fenders.The paint at the top of the fork was peeling, so I stripped it all off. The top portion was rough bead blasted under the paint, so it's a unique effect, but I think it's okay. Here are some photos.
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=220811http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=220812http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=220813http://www.bikeforums.net/images/misc/pencil.png

'76 Gitane:

http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-IVWZBGEI.jpg

My 72 Fuji Newest...

http://home.comcast.net/~khatfull/im...utifulness.jpg

'79 Koga Miyata:

http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-6MLSEB7Q.jpg

Like my Aerospace Pro?

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...rty2009005.jpg

My Freschi:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/...b80938bd_z.jpg

And (for a short time) with a regrettable tire purchase:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/...e339ac38_z.jpg

Springfield Special

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...ingfield02.jpg

The fist La vie Claire Hinault branded bikes were silver and chrome really nice, I'll find a pic of one later and post it

Doesn't anyone have a photo of a silver Raleigh Professional? I used to have one....

Time to lower the average value of bikes on this thread:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/...929734f1_b.jpg

here's a fade from silver to chrome...

http://www.peterbrueggeman.com/cr/mondia.htm

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/2011cooper1.JPG
Ron Cooper - mid seventies custom.

And if you want chrome...

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...lattimass4.JPG

A customer's bike that Chris Bishop had at NAHBS:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/...593b4db2_o.jpg