debating what colour to get th fixie repainted
04-01-06, 11:15 PM
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debating what colour to get th fixie repainted
I'm looking to de-dumpsterize my fixie as I have come to love it quite a bit. I have a local powdercoater I use that can do any colour, metallic flake, flat, gloss, whatever for $80, incl. sandblasting. Anyways, my fork has chrome tips I intend to keep, and a gold headbadge I'm partial to as well. Rims are red anodized MA3's, silver spokes/hubs. Northroad steel bar, polished Technomics stem, polished headset and seatpost too. Basically all components are silver.
Colours I'm somewhat looking at are a robin's egg blue, seafoam green, metallic red. I'm thinking I need contrast though so the chrome/polished components don't get lost. I'm open to anything though. Dark blue is out as I sold my dark blue Paramount to my friend and its his fixie now. We can't be seen on bikes the same colour... what would people think!?
Colours I'm somewhat looking at are a robin's egg blue, seafoam green, metallic red. I'm thinking I need contrast though so the chrome/polished components don't get lost. I'm open to anything though. Dark blue is out as I sold my dark blue Paramount to my friend and its his fixie now. We can't be seen on bikes the same colour... what would people think!?
04-02-06, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by seely
Colours colour... what would people think!?
04-02-06, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by brunop
this is ****in' america dude--it's spelled "COLOR"
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04-02-06, 09:34 AM
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Do each triangle in a dayglo fluorescent colour.
(I'm Canadian so I can use colour)
(I'm Canadian so I can use colour)
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04-02-06, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by tehz
my girlfriend and i have matching frames >.>
04-02-06, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by tehz
my girlfriend and i have matching frames >.>
edit: to the OP, watch wheel of fortune. the third spin of monday's game will, as all spins do, land on a colored spot. whatever color that spot is, you should paint your bike.
or, i dunno. do whatever the hell you want.
04-02-06, 03:47 PM
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Where the heck did you find red anodized MA3's?
Baby blue looks amazing with red rims. Bonus points for metallic.
Baby blue looks amazing with red rims. Bonus points for metallic.
04-02-06, 04:50 PM
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another vote for the blue... i wouldn't go red with red rims... too much, let the red be an accent color.
my rock lobster is a blue frame with red wheels...
(sorry for the crappy image quality... camera phone.)
my rock lobster is a blue frame with red wheels...
(sorry for the crappy image quality... camera phone.)
04-02-06, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by keevohn
Where the heck did you find red anodized MA3's?
Baby blue looks amazing with red rims. Bonus points for metallic.
Baby blue looks amazing with red rims. Bonus points for metallic.
I'm picturing that and I like it... I got the MA3's from the basement of the shop I work at.
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does anyone have a vector drawing of a track bike I know there was oen floating around somewhere...as I am looking into repainting my bike as well and wanted to check out some color combos before i actually go through stripping and repainting the frame
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I'm about grind off the downtube bosses, and cable guides on my frame. I'm going black and white. So I'll be like a lot of other bikes out there in the world. I found reflective semi clear coat while in the "rattle can" section of the hardware store. I'm really tempted to try it out.
04-03-06, 12:35 PM
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another vote for light metallic blue. I'm not thinking robins egg though. Think light silvery blue. I think that would look tres classy
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Robin's egg! Go for robin's egg!
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What do you guys suggest.
1. White frame blue rims, crankset, set, stem and bars
or
2. Yellow frame yellow rims blue crankset, set, stem and bars
or
3. Yellow frame, seat and bars blue rims and crankset
1. White frame blue rims, crankset, set, stem and bars
or
2. Yellow frame yellow rims blue crankset, set, stem and bars
or
3. Yellow frame, seat and bars blue rims and crankset
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I'd go with like 2 colors.. your frame color and another.. mostly the parts would be black or silver.. its hard to find each part the same color.. I mean same shade and everything.. otherwise it looks dumb IMO when the parts you mentioned are all different shades of the blue, red.. yellow.. etc