Need help picking a color
01-08-10 | 03:03 PM
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Need help picking a color
Hi,
looks like I will be getting a new bike. I can have any sort of paint job I want.
I am considering the classic burnt orange you used to see over 30 years ago. It's striking and very uncommon now.
But there are new paints, about which I know little, and new combinations of paints about which I know even less.
Got any ideas or pics of cool looking bikes?
looks like I will be getting a new bike. I can have any sort of paint job I want.
I am considering the classic burnt orange you used to see over 30 years ago. It's striking and very uncommon now.
But there are new paints, about which I know little, and new combinations of paints about which I know even less.
Got any ideas or pics of cool looking bikes?
01-08-10 | 03:42 PM
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01-08-10 | 03:48 PM
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Lovely bike, but no. Schwinn used to have it. It's an orange, but a darker
shade then I've seen on most other bikes.
I saw a new Waterford that had that color a couple years ago, it was beautiful.
It also had chromed Henry James lugs.
shade then I've seen on most other bikes.
I saw a new Waterford that had that color a couple years ago, it was beautiful.
It also had chromed Henry James lugs.
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01-08-10 | 04:02 PM
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I love that color.
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01-08-10 | 05:46 PM
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Bikes: Bob Jackson 853 Arrowhead; Felt VR30; Kinesis UK RTD; Hujsak tandem
I have to confess that, living in the shadow of UT, burnt orange is ruined for me. If you're thinking of going retro and looking for inspiration, check out Classic Rendezvous. I've always been partial to British iron myself.
If you're thinking retro, I'd go for a dark blue or green, with a cream head tube and matching seat-tube panel.
If you're thinking retro, I'd go for a dark blue or green, with a cream head tube and matching seat-tube panel.
01-08-10 | 05:51 PM
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The Bob Jackson and Independent Fabrication websites have some pretty good color swatches.
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