Painful Chafe

Maybe it's just me, but the new paint schemes on the CR1 is terrible






It's not like they don't know how to do it right. 2011 and 2012 Scotts are some of my favorite looking bikes.

Here are some previous Scott renderings:

Carloswithac

It's just you. Some people like understated paint jobs.

Adrianinkc

Fugly

ruskko

fugly is those bottle cages on the red cr1

fly:yes/land:no

i think that they look pretty solid, actually. it is funny how polarizing paint can be.

Painful Chafe

Yeah, those are pretty bad.

And the rear derailluer looks like it's hurtin' pretty bad.

ruskko

yea hes prolly 1 or 2 links 2 tight

IcySmooth52

I'd have to say I'd vote for the new simple paint schemes.

smoke

i have to agree with the OP

ruskko

i like the black and charcoal color setup,i dont always wanna be like hey look at me my bike looks fast

JustinHorne

I like it a lot. Looks like last year's CR1 SL.

Here's my last year's CR1 Pro, I love how it looks (Second only to the SL, which was too much money). Personally, I throoughly disliked how the CR1s with color look[ed].

a1penguin

Maybe next year they will get it right with something between the two. A thin accent stripe here or there can add some sex appeal to the bikes. Like the bit of red on the matte black tarmac picture I keep seeing.

WhyFi

I'd rather that manufacturers err on the side of understated, too.

jmccain

Like the new paint schemes.

Those Shimano cranks are ugly to me.

10 Wheels

Red One is awesome.

rmr1923

i kinda like this one..

njkayaker

I think you have the years backwards on the pictures!

John_V 

I like the two in the brochure photos more than the two color photos. It may just be me, but I think that too many lines going in different directions takes away from the overall look of the bike. The lines on the bikes in the brochure photos seem to be a lot cleaner and not so heavy as in the colored photos.

smoke

concur. i just bought some ultegra cranks, simply because i think the dura ace ones are butt-ugly

adriano 

its just you.

valygrl

I like the white one and not the black & tan. Glad I bought mine last year.

roadiejorge 

I think it's quite possible they changed the color scheme without much concern to what a person with the internet handle "Painful Chafe" would have to say about it.

Mike F

I like the new matte black and red. My LBS has one nad the pictures dont do it justice.

antmeeks

Painful Chafe is chafed.

UCIMBZ

I don't see a difference. They all look unmemorable.