sigg.switz

Quick, why do you love/hate white frames? What is the best frame color?

mattm

pink is the new black, btw.

but white frames are still ftw.

i like how they show how dirty the really are.

wanders

+1. I didn't get the memo, but damn if I haven't see it in the last month.

caloso

Celeste is appropriate for any occasion.

wanders

Better color rendering - IMO

Nickshu

Titanium.

leakysieve

I don't like the color white. I will never own a white car, I don't have white clothes and even the walls in my house are al non-white. The last bike i bought came with a white frame and I loved it. Looked amazing. And very shortly it was demanding some respect with all the dirt it was sporting. Great frame color.

Nachoman

I ride titanium so I don't have to get involved in these petty squabbles.

prendrefeu

powpow

Brushed Ti.

cdubb

I love white frames. I like the simple elegance.

garysol1 

2 Reasons why white bikes are so damn hot!

grolby

I love the white frames, I think they look great. Maybe it's because white it's so bright and contrasts so well with pretty much every environment without being flashy. White saddles and bar tape are also FTW. White parts - wheels, stems, bars - that's taking it too far, but that's going to be the 2009 theme for components, mark my words. You can now get white spokes. Horrors. There's going to be a white backlash in the next couple years, and it's a real shame because white bikes should never go out of style.

Hida Yanra

I ride a white bike - it is super-hot when it is clean.

How frequently is it clean?... not nearly often enough to get me to buy another white one.

TONYKART125

idk i think white bikes are always hot. but black gear is def in.

Cdy291

I have white lettering and pin striping on my frame
white bar tape
white shoes
white helmet
white sunglasses
and a lot of white on my up coming team kit.

slide13

I love white frames. Not sure why but they always look good. I don't have one now but I've had a couple of white MTBs in the past.

grolby

Everyone is putting white in their kit this year. My USAC team has a new kit for this year with lots of, that's right, white! It is a nice-looking design, a bit more modern than the early-2000's look of the older kit.

Flatballer

White bikes are sexy. I want a white with black accents bike some day. Race only bike, it would be too hard to keep clean for training.

White frameset/saddle/tape, everything else black, with a little pink or red or something bright to catch the eye.

flatlander_48

From the title, I thought you had been to the Ritchey site and saw the photo of their handlebar display at a show.

Anyway, my Ritchey BreakAway is black and white. Unfortunately the rear triangle mostly white. I rarely ride in the rain because I just don't like to. However, it is not unusual to pass through areas with a little water running across the street. Just enough to cause a fine spray and mist which dries into a nice visible layer of stuck on dust...

yogi13

White is pretty when new, not so much as it ages. I've got a mid-'80s white bike that is now distinctly beige-ish around the rear triangle and BB. Not a sexy look.

Cleave

Hi garysol1,

Thanks for the plug.

Actually, if I'd had a choice I'd have gotten a different color. White looks great but I had two different Look frames that had a lot of white on them and white is a pain to keep clean. Also, while you're cleaning it the dirt initially smears and makes it look worse.

I can hardly wait to get the R3 dirty.

wcoastbikr

My next bike is going to have less white...it's a pita to keep clean.

DOOD

I still think black is hotter.

Crash716

Thanks for the plug also gary...not even kidding...i bought the bike strictly because it was white...i have always wanted a white bike. i could have gotten the SL2 at an unreal deal but the difference in the frames didn't matter enough for me to give up the white and spend another 1k or so.

it is a pain to keep clean though, but man is it pretty when it is.