Unpopular Opinion: anodized bling is a waste of money
04-11-06, 10:59 PM
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Yeah, the first thing I thought was, "jeez, it only took him 4 minutes to find it too..."
04-12-06, 09:32 AM
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Damn, you guys are really dense, it goes as follows in regards to anodzing and speed, slowest to fastest.
Splatter Paint
Black
Blue
Green
Yellow
Pink
Purple
Red
Rasta Colors
So if you have a rasta color bike with rasta colored anodized gear you're the fastest. What you don't see on bikes being ridden really fast that seemingly have no color is that the bearing are all rasta colored. So yes, different colors = different speeds.
Splatter Paint
Black
Blue
Green
Yellow
Pink
Purple
Red
Rasta Colors
So if you have a rasta color bike with rasta colored anodized gear you're the fastest. What you don't see on bikes being ridden really fast that seemingly have no color is that the bearing are all rasta colored. So yes, different colors = different speeds.
04-12-06, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by mrRed
Damn, you guys are really dense, it goes as follows in regards to anodzing and speed, slowest to fastest.
Splatter Paint
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Rasta Colors
Splatter Paint
Black
Blue
Green
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Pink
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Rasta Colors
04-12-06, 10:28 AM
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Anybody remember the anodized canti brake cable hangers that were shaped like peace signs? I was surfing the web the other day, and found a company that sells them as pendant on leather necklaces.
I went pub crawling with some of my brother's friends. One guy had an old school mtb bike, complete with blue ano bars/bar ends, and was still rolling on 26" tioga comp III's. I thought two things... cool old school, and thank god it wasn't purple.
I went pub crawling with some of my brother's friends. One guy had an old school mtb bike, complete with blue ano bars/bar ends, and was still rolling on 26" tioga comp III's. I thought two things... cool old school, and thank god it wasn't purple.
04-12-06, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by mrRed
Damn, you guys are really dense, it goes as follows in regards to anodzing and speed, slowest to fastest.
Splatter Paint
Black
Blue
Green
Yellow
Pink
Purple
Red
Rasta Colors
So if you have a rasta color bike with rasta colored anodized gear you're the fastest. What you don't see on bikes being ridden really fast that seemingly have no color is that the bearing are all rasta colored. So yes, different colors = different speeds.
Splatter Paint
Black
Blue
Green
Yellow
Pink
Purple
Red
Rasta Colors
So if you have a rasta color bike with rasta colored anodized gear you're the fastest. What you don't see on bikes being ridden really fast that seemingly have no color is that the bearing are all rasta colored. So yes, different colors = different speeds.
Clearcoat over naked metal, paradoxically, is the slowest. Unless it's titanium, which I've just learned is really rasta colored.
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04-12-06, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by mrRed
Damn, you guys are really dense, it goes as follows in regards to anodzing and speed, slowest to fastest.
Splatter Paint
Black
Blue
Green
Yellow
Pink
Purple
Red
Rasta Colors
So if you have a rasta color bike with rasta colored anodized gear you're the fastest. What you don't see on bikes being ridden really fast that seemingly have no color is that the bearing are all rasta colored. So yes, different colors = different speeds.
Splatter Paint
Black
Blue
Green
Yellow
Pink
Purple
Red
Rasta Colors
So if you have a rasta color bike with rasta colored anodized gear you're the fastest. What you don't see on bikes being ridden really fast that seemingly have no color is that the bearing are all rasta colored. So yes, different colors = different speeds.
04-12-06, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by mrRed
They don't really exist, they're only in your imagination.
Hmm. Maybe this isn't working out so well.
04-12-06, 10:55 AM
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well it would be a waste of money for me, because I don't actually like the way it looks, but I have spent, and will spend money on my bike for purely aesthetic reasons. It's the last consideration for me, but it still is a consideration. For instance I wouldn't put red tires on my green bike because every time I looked at it I would think of Christmas trees. I still have the gold anodized Shimano 600 cranks I bought in the 6th grade for my BMX bike. In fact every part I bought for that bike was either black or yellow anodized. I loved that bike.
04-13-06, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by highpants
psst...
...nobody says bling anymore
...nobody says bling anymore
04-13-06, 10:50 PM
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It's that final step to personalization.
Anyone can buy phil wood hubs, a chris king headset or whatever.
Poweder coating/anodizing is really the only avenue for true personalization.
Anyone can buy phil wood hubs, a chris king headset or whatever.
Poweder coating/anodizing is really the only avenue for true personalization.
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