showing my age, but I still have some clothing from the 90s when purple was considered cool, but I also sure as heck will never put purple parts on any of my bikes (one of my commuters is a 90s ish bike, and is a muted purple-ish, but not half as blingy purple as these)
for some of us, well for me anyway, the 80s and 90s garish colours put me off these hues for the rest of my life.
Frankly, I’m getting real tired of dull black. My daughter has an ugly green Specialized Epic that I jokingly suggested we make uglier with purple parts. It actually looks really good. I don’t have pictures of it right now but at least it’s not black. I’ve been adding lots of color to the bikes I have just so they aren’t so dull.
Green works well on my Moots
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The Dean looks great in the company colors
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My cruiser looks great with blue against the silver
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And the red really makes my white Cannondale pop
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