Originally Posted by
big john
Mine had a matching red fork. Maybe because I bought it as a frameset? I think it was a 2001 frame and I got it in 2002. Had a hard time finding a 63, found a red/white/blue one but they're too gaudy for me. Would have taken a black one but my friend found the red one at a shop near here. Scooped it up for $600.
I don't know the complete story with this one, as he wasn't the original owner. It's a 57 and I think it's a 2002 IIRC. I'm guessing all the components came off of a Trek, as it had some Bontrager bits on it as well as a Bontrager Xxx-lite clincher wheelset. He ended up building his own wheels as the Xxx-lite wheels were too extra light for him and they started cracking around the spoke nipples.
I find a lot of the bikes from the 2000s/2010 to be a bit flashy for me. I appreciate the history behind them, but I'm actually a fan of the muted tones of modern bikes. I had a 2014ish Ridley Helium that was a black base coat with liberal applications of white and orange branding/accents. I liked it at the time, but I now think it looked quite garish. My 2014 Canyon Ultimate isn't nearly as flashy, but there still isn't a single tube on the whole bike, that doesn't have some sort of branding applied. My 2024 Canyon Ultimate only has branding on the down tube, and even that is the same color as the base coat, only contrasted by gloss over satin.