Bike assembly aesthetics
01-18-20, 06:10 PM
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Thanks for all the input, friends. Although the bike I'm referring to in my OP is from the 1980s (maybe even late 1970s), my intent isn't to restore it to it's exact (or even close necessarily) original look. Just a good, usable bike. And, it's a bike that most aficionados probably would not even consider owning. It's a TUNTURI. I actually rescued the bike from someone's trash heap (probably where you're thinking it should have stayed), cleaned and tune it up, and have ridden it lots and lots of miles for more than 30 years. I love the bike. Over the decades all of the components have been replaced...it's sort of a "Frankenbike"...but never the paint. But now it's time for that, and I plan on having it powder coated to the original white, and have already obtained replica green decals for it. Current (non-matching) components are fine...but I may replace them to all match. As indicated by many of you...much of the aesthetics are a personal choice. I concur. As I said, it's not going to be anywhere close to the original. But I just want to make sure I'm not breaking some of the major guidelines.
Dan
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01-19-20, 01:04 AM
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Thanks for all the input, friends. Although the bike I'm referring to in my OP is from the 1980s (maybe even late 1970s), my intent isn't to restore it to it's exact (or even close necessarily) original look. Just a good, usable bike. And, it's a bike that most aficionados probably would not even consider owning. It's a TUNTURI. I actually rescued the bike from someone's trash heap (probably where you're thinking it should have stayed), cleaned and tune it up, and have ridden it lots and lots of miles for more than 30 years. I love the bike. Over the decades all of the components have been replaced...it's sort of a "Frankenbike"...but never the paint. But now it's time for that, and I plan on having it powder coated to the original white, and have already obtained replica green decals for it. Current (non-matching) components are fine...but I may replace them to all match. As indicated by many of you...much of the aesthetics are a personal choice. I concur. As I said, it's not going to be anywhere close to the original. But I just want to make sure I'm not breaking some of the major guidelines.
Dan
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01-19-20, 10:11 AM
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Art has no rules.
If you are simply striving to make something look historically accurate, that’s a different story.
In your case, whatever you decide is going to be the correct choice.
If you are simply striving to make something look historically accurate, that’s a different story.
In your case, whatever you decide is going to be the correct choice.
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01-19-20, 11:10 PM
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I want a bike that looks good to my eyes but is also functional. My favorite component colors are always going to be Hard Ano Grey/Shimano Grey and 3DV those are just classic colors that look great. However it depends on what the build calls for some bikes I try to go silver all the way and some bikes black all the way and some are a mix of stuff to make it look great.
My Salsa Timberjack TI is going to have a bunch of red anodized components in part because a lot of Spank stuff was on closeout at the distributor and red was easy to get in most of what I needed. The problem with some anodizing is it can be off from different brands and manufacturers so in my case what I thought was more of a navy blue on the website turned into a bit more teal so it didn't quite match the bike but now I am at peace with it and it actually looks nice.
My Salsa Timberjack TI is going to have a bunch of red anodized components in part because a lot of Spank stuff was on closeout at the distributor and red was easy to get in most of what I needed. The problem with some anodizing is it can be off from different brands and manufacturers so in my case what I thought was more of a navy blue on the website turned into a bit more teal so it didn't quite match the bike but now I am at peace with it and it actually looks nice.
