View Poll Results: best color for beater winter bike
black
2
11.76%
vermillion
1
5.88%
red
1
5.88%
white
2
11.76%
yellow
5
29.41%
orange
2
11.76%
copper
1
5.88%
brown
0
0%
light blue
2
11.76%
camo
1
5.88%
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poll: best color for beater commuter( winter) bike
10-20-15, 09:40 AM
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poll: best color for beater commuter( winter) bike
doing a rebuild on my beater commuter bike and am gonna do a repaint.... it is currently black, but I am thinking about another color......here is the bike I am using in stock.........
the decals have been painted over and it has been converted to single speed for winter reliability.... it is currently stripped down to just the frame and the paint is in pretty rough shape
the decals have been painted over and it has been converted to single speed for winter reliability.... it is currently stripped down to just the frame and the paint is in pretty rough shape
10-20-15, 09:44 AM
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10-20-15, 10:07 AM
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I forgot green......my other 2 bikes are royal blue( varsity) and grey( rockhopper)
10-20-15, 10:14 AM
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Friends don't let friends do camo...
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10-20-15, 10:22 AM
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My winter beater bike is silver. It is a old Motobecane super mirage frame that I bought for $20 and built up with parts i had laying around.
10-20-15, 10:32 AM
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Where's the paisley wallpaper option?
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Not sure whether bike color relates to visibility or safety, so I'm ruling that out. Thus I would have voted "other". Slushy grey with black flecks is the best color for a year-round commuter. Doesn't show dirt.
10-20-15, 01:39 PM
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blue and grey were left out because I already have bikes in those colors
10-21-15, 01:25 PM
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looks like yellow has the most votes so far..... I went and looked at spray paint last night and think yellow is the way I am gonna go
10-21-15, 05:14 PM
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here it is..... sun yellow
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10-24-15, 04:22 AM
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No grey?
That's what I'd choose. I just mounted black fenders (Handsome Cycles, Mud Butlers) and noted the that road grime from the rain on the black stays was a light grey color and was thinking to myself that would be the color to make it look like your bike wasn't really dirty, despite the fact it was!
No grey?
That's what I'd choose. I just mounted black fenders (Handsome Cycles, Mud Butlers) and noted the that road grime from the rain on the black stays was a light grey color and was thinking to myself that would be the color to make it look like your bike wasn't really dirty, despite the fact it was!
10-24-15, 08:44 AM
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'Halo' reflective powder coating.. what ever color it appears to be in Daylight, However short that may be in the Winter..
10-24-15, 01:21 PM
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10-24-15, 01:31 PM
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Pretty much any color on my current commuters works for me, 
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10-24-15, 02:05 PM
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It really doesn't matter. It will be "mud" coloured by the end of winter no matter what you do (except, maybe, wash it. . . nah, no one does that).
