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03-10-09, 03:16 PM
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is it visually pleasing/necessary to match handlebar tape to saddle color? Ive got a black six13 frame with accents of red and white and i'm struggling with whether or not to make both the handlebars and saddle red, or just the handlebars and maybe the tires, or maybe the saddle and pedals, the combinations go on and on. What do you guys think would look the best?
i attached a pic of the frame...
i attached a pic of the frame...
03-10-09, 04:00 PM
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Considering your @$$ covers the saddle most of the time you're using the bike, it's really not "necessary".
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On the contrary . . . the very fact that this individual asked the question tells me he has tremendous posing potential. And the very best posing is done OFF the bike, at Starbucks and the like, where your saddle will be prominently displayed.
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Dude, colored computers are like, so 1980's! 
Good point. I'd like to point out that posing with a colored saddle is only worth while if you don't actually ride the bike EVER. My white saddle now looks best when it is covered by my rump!
Good point. I'd like to point out that posing with a colored saddle is only worth while if you don't actually ride the bike EVER. My white saddle now looks best when it is covered by my rump!
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I think you should choose handle bar tape quality to have some fun with it and any color that suits your fancy the day you buy it. Change it whenever you want. Cheap thrills.
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That's what I liked when I had a polished titanium frame. I could change my tape color to any color I wanted, whenever I wanted, and it matched.
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isn't the rule something like, black bar tape on a bike you're going to train on, or lose a race on, white bar tape on your race bike unless you're a heathen schmuck?
saddle color doesn't matter, as only the guy behind you can see your saddle color.
saddle color doesn't matter, as only the guy behind you can see your saddle color.
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matching saddle/bars = black or white
one or the other = whatever color
too much matchy-matchy = clown vomit
one or the other = whatever color
too much matchy-matchy = clown vomit
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is it visually pleasing/necessary to match handlebar tape to saddle color? Ive got a black six13 frame with accents of red and white and i'm struggling with whether or not to make both the handlebars and saddle red, or just the handlebars and maybe the tires, or maybe the saddle and pedals, the combinations go on and on. What do you guys think would look the best?
i attached a pic of the frame...
i attached a pic of the frame...
03-11-09, 03:20 PM
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Match only what you want.
Hoods, tires and saddle for me.
Hoods, tires and saddle for me.
