Originally Posted by
bulgie
Whether Ti or Al, it's all style over substance IMHO, and I include paint on steel in that too, except paint at least protects (somewhat) against rust. But the obsessing about "colorways" leaves me cold.
I do realize that puts me at odds with 95% of the bike-buying public though! "To each his zone"
The interesting though is that if you go into a bike store these days your choices are often between grey, dark grey, or black. But when I make someone a frame and ask them to pick colours from the Montana chart for the "good from far, far from good" paint job they're going to be getting, they go for something like a bright orange and electric blue mix. So I'm not sure the bike-buying public really want they're getting all the time!