Originally Posted by alecjahn

I like green. Why, though, do all green components have to be ridiculous bright green? I want an earthy baby-diarrhea green for my rims and crank. Sugino makes/made a set of track cranks that were anodized olive green. I my pants got entirely too tight when I found them. But I cannot afford them. A couple brands (Eightinch, etc) make a brownish green wheelset, but I've already got a decent one.
Am I an idiot for disassembling my rims just to paint them and rebuild them? Does anyone make affordable stuff in a color I would enjoy? Maybe I should buy some painted cranks and then re-paint those? Where exactly is Carmen Sandiego?
Why do I have this urge to make my FG personalized, even though I know everyone else couldn't give less of a crap about my color choices, just how I see most (stereotypical) "fixies" and want to punch a brick wall?