Why are roadbikes come with ugly colours?
06-12-10, 03:16 PM
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Why are roadbikes come with ugly colours?
What gives? I see many sexy road bikes and they almost comes in gaudy colour schemes. DO these mfg not know what are the latest fashion palletes?
I know its very superficial of me, but I want my road bike to look good too not like something that would fit into a cartoon set.
I know its very superficial of me, but I want my road bike to look good too not like something that would fit into a cartoon set.
06-12-10, 03:30 PM
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english might not be your first language, but the people who are behind the colour schemes on bikes certainly aren't the fashion police.
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06-12-10, 04:09 PM
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you must be buying the wrong brand. nothing wrong with this classic color
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
you must be buying the wrong brand. nothing wrong with this classic color...
06-12-10, 04:50 PM
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So what you are saying is that you want a black-ish bicycle or some sort of urban ghetto color scheme maybe with some graffiti type graphics?
Me, I like blue and yellow nd red and green except for that funny Bianchi green and purple and orange and something aside from the modern fashion palette.
Me, I like blue and yellow nd red and green except for that funny Bianchi green and purple and orange and something aside from the modern fashion palette.
06-12-10, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
you must be buying the wrong brand. nothing wrong with this classic color
If it's not fixed within the hour I'll have your [strike]bikes[/strike] booze confiscated.
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Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
06-12-10, 05:04 PM
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Sorry, Celeste = hospital scrubs = sterile = BLAH.
Personally I don't get why $2000 bicycles can't have more color options. And why is it that each manufacturer has one color scheme on one model that looks good, but it's never the bike you want to buy because it's specs are either too low or too high?
Personally I think the Trek 2.1 looks great (black and blue), as does the CAAD8S 6 (red and black). The FELT Team Issue (black and blue Garmin) looks AWESOME IMO (ok, slightly poseur), but FELT bikes are $$$$ and the team issue paintjob means even more $$.
But it would be great if every model had 3-4 paint jobs available that weren't based on what gruppo level you were getting.
Personally I don't get why $2000 bicycles can't have more color options. And why is it that each manufacturer has one color scheme on one model that looks good, but it's never the bike you want to buy because it's specs are either too low or too high?
Personally I think the Trek 2.1 looks great (black and blue), as does the CAAD8S 6 (red and black). The FELT Team Issue (black and blue Garmin) looks AWESOME IMO (ok, slightly poseur), but FELT bikes are $$$$ and the team issue paintjob means even more $$.
But it would be great if every model had 3-4 paint jobs available that weren't based on what gruppo level you were getting.
06-12-10, 05:41 PM
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06-12-10, 06:24 PM
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I don't get why a $60 Walmart Mongose has a more durable paint job than a $1000 road bike. My nice road bike has more Testor's paint for touch up than original after 5 years.
06-12-10, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BikingGrad80
I don't get why a $60 Walmart Mongose has a more durable paint job than a $1000 road bike. My nice road bike has more Testor's paint for touch up than original after 5 years.
They are also very rust-prone.
06-12-10, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by baribari
Except the pedals/crank/wheels/brakes/saddle will fall off the Walmart bike hours after you start riding it... (yes, I've had this happen to someone before. The pedals came off. And on every other Walmart bikes, the brakes or shifters didn't work right)
They are also very rust-prone.
They are also very rust-prone.
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
you must be buying the wrong brand. nothing wrong with this classic color
06-13-10, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by vkalia
You mean other than the fact that it is hideous and belongs on a Rivendell?
Love it or hate it, you're acknowledging Celeste = Bianchi and that's all that matters.
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Only thing I don't like about most bikes these days is too many graphics!
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yeah... it seems that all the bikes i really like the color schemes i can't afford... LOL... when i went bike shopping, there were only 3 bikes in my price range with the setup i wanted... and all three of them are ugly as sin...
so now my bike is carbon/black with a gold stripe... all my friends like it, but i hate it... lol.. i can't match my tires with it... i'm thinking about getting those conti 4000's with a gold stripe, but i'm afraid it's going to look cheesy...
so now my bike is carbon/black with a gold stripe... all my friends like it, but i hate it... lol.. i can't match my tires with it... i'm thinking about getting those conti 4000's with a gold stripe, but i'm afraid it's going to look cheesy...
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Only thing I don't like about most bikes these days is too many graphics!
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Bianchi girl, please sort out your bartapes. And your stem. And wrap some pages of a magazine or a plastic bag around your spare tub, else when you come to use it there will be grit and road filth infesting the glue on the basetape, and it won't stick very well. By the way I approve of girls riding Bianchis. Bianchis are girly bikes. There's a Bianchi Girl round here who I intend one day to chase down, but every time I see her I'm going somewhere important and can't.
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Originally Posted by AEO
I'm the bartape police and your bartape is unravelling and messy.
If it's not fixed within the hour I'll have your [strike]bikes[/strike] booze confiscated.
If it's not fixed within the hour I'll have your [strike]bikes[/strike] booze confiscated.
Originally Posted by vkalia
You mean other than the fact that it is hideous and belongs on a Rivendell?
Originally Posted by Basil Moss
Bianchi girl, please sort out your bartapes. And your stem. And wrap some pages of a magazine or a plastic bag around your spare tub, else when you come to use it there will be grit and road filth infesting the glue on the basetape, and it won't stick very well. By the way I approve of girls riding Bianchis. Bianchis are girly bikes. There's a Bianchi Girl round here who I intend one day to chase down, but every time I see her I'm going somewhere important and can't.
are you really going somewhere inportant or is she just too fast?
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Others but still loved; '80 Batavus Professional, '87 Cornelo, '?? Jane Doe (still on the drawing board), '90ish Haro Escape SLX Bertoni "Speckled Trout"
