Yellow seat or not ?
 

I'm looking to make some changes to my bike and one of the things I wanted to do was
change my seat. However it was suggested that I add some "bling" to my bike now such
as add a seat with some color. I was thinking about "yellow" but I think my bike is colorful
enough without a yellow seat. What do you guys think? A yellow seat a little too much
color ? How about white or should I just stick to the basic black seat?

Thanks in advance !

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Stay with black.
You seat doesn't show when you are riding your bike.
Bar Tape will add the appearance.
Bottle holders and bottles add or take away from the looks.
Colored tires are good.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/Bartape2.jpg

Life is short. Black seats are boring and ubiquitous. I have a pink seat on my red Viner, a white seat on the orange Holdsworth, and my wife has a yellow set on her burgundy Bianchi. Jazz it up with colored tape as well.

damn thats funny

What do you like? You have to live with it, after all.

Works on my Ti bike; scroll down to bottom of this page.

I have red tire
 

I have a red, white and blue '04 Madone 5.2. I put red continentals on it. I must admit, they look pretty cool. And my seat is blue.

JMO but that bike looks great the way it is.

Why not?

They make seat covers in colors, e.g.,

http://www.bikeman.com/SA2090.html?u...ign=GoogleBase

http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-Iscaselle-Sa...QQcmdZViewItem

Yellow Seat and Tape would look good. If you go that route I would leave everything else black (i.e cages and tires) so as not to overdue it.

I have a yellow saddle and handlebar tape on my Litespeed. I think it adds a bit of visual interest to an otherwise boring frame (in terms of appearance). However yellow can be a hard color to match shades properly, and you might end up with three widely different shades of yellow between the frame, saddle, and tape. Depending on how OCP you are, that may or may not be a concern.

Yep. That's exactly where I was going with this too.

Perhaps the suggestor was being sarcastic.

this is an opinion thread, so I'll state mine:

the marbled handlebar tape is a no-no.

Unless you care how the tire performs. Colored tires are a fashion statement that limit performance. Carbon Black is added to black tires for a reason.

I've been digging black Ultremos lately.

This is a concern. I saw a bike that had a light blue seat and the frame, tape and tires were were also light blue but each was a diffrent shade. The bike looked ok but the diffrent shades were very noticeable unless you were standing from a distance.

[quote=kudude;8031477]this is an opinion thread, so I'll state mine:

the marbled handlebar tape is a no-no.[/QUOTE]

I agree, although it does look pretty decent on "10 wheels" bike.

Fixed that for you. :)

i've seen some manufacturers have on their website a custom paint function where you pick different colours and designs for the frame. Is there somewhere with a similar function where you can try out different overall colour schemes including saddle tape tyres?

Fizik has a website where you can view their saddles in a number of different "custom" colors:
http://www.fizik.it/shop_customize.aspx

Yellow saddle and hoods. Keep the black tape. Very functional. And black tires.

From personal experience, I'd add another vote for sticking with solid-colored tape.

Black tape always. That being said, I have white tape on my Wilier because it was free.