Lakerat

I built some nice wheels for my fixed gear bike, Mavic Open Pro rims on a first gen Dura Ace front hub, and a vintage Nashbar sealed bearing flip flop rear, with DT butted spokes. Yesterday I bought some wheels on CL, barely ridden Velocity Deep V rims on Phil Wood Classic chrome track hubs with straight DT spokes. The rims only have machined brake tracks on the front, the rear wheel has an even coat continuous paint or powder coat. The downside is that the rims are ORANGE!


Oh but if they were black or silver. I'm going to build another FG bike and am going to paint a vintage steel Colnago frame.


What the heck color to paint the frame? I was thinking black but then the bike will look like Halloween taffy.

Mr IGH

Blue, go Broncos!

Berg417448

White frame.

corrado33

Black. Name the bike "Jack" (Short for jack-o-lantern.)

Inspiration: (My personal "Jack")

indyfabz

Another vote for white.

rgconner

"We named the monkey Jack."

jefnvk

I'd find an old Peugeot frame in the pearl white, over trying to repaint a frame, myself.

Lakerat

I have a pretty cherry white 1972 PX10, but it is staying original. The Colnago needs paint, and it's no big deal for me to do it. It's crappy black now.

Dan Burkhart 

Blue works with orange



Or black.

fietsbob

What color is your parachute comes to mind .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_C...r_Parachute%3F

AlmostTrick

What's on the saddle tag?

Zoroman

WHITE!!!


...and please please, please can we see PICTURES! of our orange wheels!!!!

Western Flyer 

Sky blue

jefnvk

In that case, a sky/powder/baby blue, like the old Ford GT40s!

Camilo

Yellow, black, red, green, blue, gray, white, just about anything. Match the bar tape to the rims and you're golden. Match the bar tape and the saddle to the rims (is there an orange saddle?) and you're platinum!

If given any choice, I'd go with yellow or red. With yellow, I'd go with orange or red handlebar tape. With Red, I'd go with orange or yellow handlebar tape. Get the pattern?

Phil_gretz

So, the monochrome look might be a pale peach frame. Pick up white in the saddle and bar tape. Kind of like a creamsicle.


You've already received enough helpful inputs. I might add to avoid pink or lavender frames...

Lakerat

Yes the Gulf GT40s. A friend of a friend has a Gulf GT40 in his 100 car collection. That color scheme definitely works on those cars. Brilliant for you to think of it.

fietsbob

Dutch flag: Orange white and blue

Kevindale

To answer your question, my first thought was also the classic Gulf Western racing colors (which is why I bought my Cannandale).

Now, about that vintage Colnago frame -- please tell me you're not going to cut off the RD hanger and braze-ons before you repaint!

Lakerat

The Colnago frame isn't cherry, and I'm going to have to find a mismatched fork for it. I will decide if to remove braze ons after glass beading. If I remove braze ons, it will just be the brake cable guides and the top of BB der cable guides, leaving the shifter bosses. I'm not cutting the der hanger.

Kevindale

I figured the frame wasn't in excellent shape, and of course the potential value is greatly reduced without the original fork. Was the frame in a crash, since the fork was replaced? Anyway, it's really none of my business, but I'm glad to hear you're at least definitely leaving the shifter bosses and der hanger. Should be a lightweight, sweet riding fixie.

Here's a vintage Colnago that has a light blue that might look great with those orange rims:

kuroba

Periwinkle, sky blue or powder blue, as suggested, makes a nice contrast with orange.

exBromptonite

Search for "Dahon Jetstream EX 2011". You'll see just how lovely orange wheels can be.

12strings

Get a slightly different shade of orange for the frame... :-)

RunForTheHills

Sometimes removing the braze-ons is the right thing to do. My 71/72 Colnago Super had braze-on cable guides that had been added by the previous owner. I had those removed when I had the frame restored and repainted.