Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Just ask Baum. He da man.
Originally Posted by
chaadster
Baums look great, really great, but it's really more the total package than the paint job, which in part, only looks so cool because of the way the make and model names fit into the scheme. I mean, I think it would be difficult to pull-off a Baum-style paint job on anything else, or without it looking like a flagrant ripoff. Boy, those Baums do have it all together, though.
The biggest part is Baum's use of color combinations - they know what works well together and what doesn't. Beyond that, their GT paint scheme is a great canvas for said color combinations (their standard, non-GT paint job scheme is bland, I think). The other thing that they frequently do, that I really think really pays off, is to paint the stem and seat post as part of the frame, rather than leave just leave the standard graphics/colors from the manufacturer.