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humboldt'sroads 03-13-12 03:18 PM
Originally Posted by IcySmooth52 (Post 13967298)
Ritchey WCS is a fine choice. Which bars are you choosing though?

I voted white. Perhaps you should change the bar tape to black or red afterwards for color balance though?
Going with the evo curve, as I do find these new shapes to be more comfortable than either trad bar shape or the ergo shapes that were popular over the last few years. FWIW, I'm also changing to a WCS fork since my dumbass over-torqued my C'dale slice. Should be a nice final product I hope!

svtmike 03-13-12 03:24 PM
Red will look terrible. I vote Red.

RecceDG 03-13-12 04:30 PM
The only way (and I stress only) for red to look cool is if each and every red part matches and is the exact same shade.
He's going to buy the Richey WCS stuff as a package, so all those parts will be the same shade. The accents in the decals will probably be different, but they are self-consistent. So he'll have two shades of red, but evenly distributed. It'll totally work.

I agree that every component a slightly different shade of red would look off, but sourcing everything from the same OEM solves that problem.

DG

alexaschwanden 03-13-12 05:22 PM
Red

CuRed 03-13-12 06:19 PM
Deda Strawberry

bikerjp 03-13-12 06:24 PM
Your bike has some nice highlights but I think trying to accent them brings out the red too much. Black would tone it down and I think look best.

blcknspo0ln 03-13-12 07:06 PM
white by a long shot, but personally I'd do all black with red tape. Finding pieces that are black with red accents would be awesome, too.

humboldt'sroads 03-13-12 11:43 PM
Well, it's been done. And the winner is...........WHITE! Bars, stem, seatpost - all for $240 shipped. Oooh sweet stiffness!

DGlenday 03-14-12 08:09 AM
I have the identical CAAD9.

Keep it BLACK.

Unless you like "bling"...


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