I really don't know much about fashion, but wouldn't red go better with a blue bike than a different shade of blue?

No, I'm just posting impaired.

Try wearing them and observe whether your bike complains.

Go to Home Depot and buy a quart of red paint and a brush .. problem solved!

You could look at it as BLACK shorts (which of course go with everything!) with a smidgeon of red trim :D
But since I ride a red bike with black shorts and a light blue JOLT COLA jersey most days mayhap you won't want to take my fashion advice :eek:

It boils down to this. Freds wouldn't even buy those shorts, and OCP'ers wouldn't be caught dead in the wrong color scheme. If you keep them, you'll be living in some God-forsaken Twilight Zone where nothing can be taken for granted. I'd send 'em back.

Geez, dude - the solution is pretty simple.

Buy another bike.

EDIT: fixed. :p

I'm all for wool clothing (merino wool that is) but I totally do not get the "seersucker" shirt for summer riding that Rivendell advocates...... I'm glad I'm not the only one.....practicality is good, but I don't see how a long sleeve button down shirt in a non-stretch fabric could be comfortable for bike riding.....but that's just me.

But another bike?

To but or not to but, that is the question.

+1

People CARE about stuff like this? People over 30? I had no idea.
My advice is that if the shorts are comfortable, wear them. A person who sees you going by and says, "Oh, look, that old fart's shorts don't match his bike" is not a person you want anything to do with anyway.

+1? No, I don't think so. For any number of reasons.
I wanted the blue because, well, I like blue. Red... well, let's just say I am ambivalent about red.
I've never been one to worry about "fashion" but my wife is a pretty snappy dresser and *has* corrupted me a bit. Still, I was OK with it until SHE said: "You're going to wear THOSE with a blue bike?"
The seeds of insecurity have been planted.

[QUOTE=SaiKaiTai;5034158Still, I was OK with it until SHE said: "You're going to wear THOSE with a blue bike?"
The seeds of insecurity have been planted.[/QUOTE]

Just say "yes" and be done with it.

But I've already got too many bikes! :D

Paint the bike white.:D

I have blue bikes and trying to get the correct Hue of Blue to go with them is impossible. The best matching colour to go with Blue is RED. And the red does not have to be the same shade either. Now you imagine this bike in Offroad trim with red tyres and red hubs on the wheels and you have a colour co-ordinated bike. Only problem is that after 5 minutes offroad and I have a brown- mud stained bike and there is only one colour that goes with Brown- More Brown.

As I wrote earlier, I don't care about matching colors. But I don't like wearing red. So I would have been upset upon opening the package. Silver trim, fine. Green, fine. White, fine. Yellow, okay. Red ... yech.

I think the red shorts will make you look fat. Check the original pics you posted. Red shorts have fat thighs. Just sayin.

So you try the shorts for a while...if you like 'em, order another pair in your
preferred color. Meantime use 'em and enjoy them.

There's usually only two types of observers out there anyway....People watchers who
most likely won't even notice the bike...and equipment ooglers who probably
won't remember anything at all about the bikes owner/rider.

The only one who'll be aware of rider/bike color coordination will most
likely be you.

But then I'm kinda Fredish.....

Happy Trails

Alright..............White bikes.....Red Shorts.........What we have here is an attempt by the society of Fred to test the dangerous waters of "Pousers"!

Or are we witnessing the birth of the...

Metro-Fred

:eek::eek: :D

Just say, "no way, they sent the wrong color, I'm sending them back". And really be done with it. Voila!, no more but another bike issues.

OK, fine, I'm convinced. I'm not going to care and I'm gonna take them out on my Saturday ride.
It's gonna be the first time I've gone out in something -uh- sheer but since I can handle wearing a jersey, what the heck?

I am not ready for this :lol:
Good one.

If you wanted blue, you should have gotten blue

This is what soured me to red bike shorts:

http://cucinatestarossa.blogs.com/ph...e_shorts_1.jpg