Originally Posted by
raatty
I really want to keep things uniform with the Silver & Black (possibly White) colour theme. A splash of colour would be great but there is no red, blue or green on the bike. i am getting some custom built wheels in the next month or so:
Black Rims, with Black Spokes, With Black Nipples, with Black GP4000s tyres. Was going with Black or Silver hubs, but am deciding on Red or Blue Chis King r45 hub set. maybe to get some red or blue matching bar tape and saddle. any thoughts? or should i just keep the hubs black.
I would stay within black/silver/white scheme. For hubs silver>black>white would be the order of preference.
As for other questions, I'll just copy your words in bold and respond in regular text:
Fizik Arione CX Black Saddle (Red or Blue, or white depending on hubs) - First make sure that the Arione actually fits you. If it does, I would go for black with white stripe.
Bar Tape (again colours will be decided later) - Black with white finishing tape and keep the white bar end plugs.
Silver/Raw Seat post (may stick with Black though) - It's one of those ideas that sound good on paper but don't really turn out that good once you try them. See if you can borrow a silver post just to see if you like it.
I wanted to get a Chris King Bottom Bracket, and a Chris King Headset but something that will match the Chris King hubset that i get. Any thoughts on if these are any good? - They are very good, but do you really need to replace perfectly fine functioning parts? Headset is fully integrated and completely invisible, and you really have to look to notice the bottom bracket. Just leave them as is until they wear out.
You haven't mentioned bottle cages - I think Elite Custom Race standard black with white print would look good, or just any glossy black cage that you like.