Originally Posted by
531phile
I'm kidding, you know. I think Bianchi fanatics going ga ga over a color is dumb. I had a made in Japan Bianchi(blue) that I took in at a bike shop. The mechanic noticed my ghetto beat up bar tape and he suggested I get a [LISP]Celeste[/LISP] colored one to replace it. I never went back to that shop. I don't understand this obession about Celeste. It's just a stupid green pastel color that belongs on the set of the Golden Girls.
I always thought Celeste is simply a fancy name for turquoise, bike shops love colours like Celeste, because they can claim they need to special order it, so it's more expensive. What I don't get are the Celeste bike, with the Celeste tape, Celeste cable housings, Celeste saddle and Celeste tires. Simply because it's like those houses they build now with the whole house one colour, it gets boring. Now put the Celeste components on a Black bike, that would look cool. IMMNSHO on a Celeste bike, using Black actually looks better.