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What color(s) should my new bike be?

Old 12-04-09, 03:59 PM
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What color(s) should my new bike be?

My team colors are yellow and white (and black). I'm getting yellow lugs/accents, but I can't decide on the base color (tubing): white or gloss carbon weave.

Here's what the frame would look like in white (minus decals, etc.):



Other option would be to have all of the white in the above image be gloss carbon weave, with the same yellow parts as above as well.


Which would you choose?
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There is no other color but orange.



Maybe purple.
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Get what ever color you want, it's your bike, why do you have to ask the world? I'm sure you don't ask us what you should have for dinner or do you?
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Originally Posted by roadraccer
Get what ever color you want, it's your bike, why do you have to ask the world? I'm sure you don't ask us what you should have for dinner or do you?
This is a bike forum, people ask for opinions sometimes. What is wrong with you?

To the OP, I would go for white. I like the look of yellow on a road bike, I think it will look nice
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Yellow? Srsly?

You should've asked about that part first... =]

(Btw my team colors are blue/yellow, but I don't like the yellow part)
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