What colour should my bike be?
03-25-08, 07:53 PM
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I can't believe I'm the first to say this...
"I remember what my father said
He said "son, life is simple"
It's either cherry red
Or midnight blue, oh, oh oh, oh oh"
with thanks to Foreigner.
"I remember what my father said
He said "son, life is simple"
It's either cherry red
Or midnight blue, oh, oh oh, oh oh"
with thanks to Foreigner.
03-25-08, 08:49 PM
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Actually I stole the idea from a full page ad for Elite Bicycles that features a glow in the dark blue frame. "Custom Built/Custom Paint". If their website wasn't so annoying (FLASH is a privilege, not a right!), I would have checked it out for more than 2 seconds.
03-25-08, 10:03 PM
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Anyway, thanks to everyone for the most awesome ideas I have ever heard. I think that I'd have to go with an olive green bike with olive green night-glow stripes, and gold-leaf polka-dots. This probably won't be the exact description of the finished product. I'll be sure to post MANY pictures when I get around to doing it. (Probably this summer [that's winter for you Aus-folk]). I have to use the bike to get to school and everything.
Oh, one more thing. The bike was originally a Specialized Sirrus (probably around '88-'90) that was painted very dark blue.
03-26-08, 07:24 AM
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I'll chime in with a vote for British Racing Green. Stick with the classics. 
03-26-08, 07:35 AM
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03-26-08, 08:01 AM
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I dig contrasting paint on the lugs. I've never understood having lugs which are all pretty and then covering them up with the same color paint as the rest of the bike so they just blend in. Might be flashy but I think chromed lugs are awesome. You could do chrome lugs with the racing green and white polka dots... that would be uhm... interesting. 
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03-26-08, 11:15 AM
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Contrasting lugs, highlighted with pinstriped edges. Have the tubes pinstriped to match the lugs since it's an easy masking job and adds interest when done well. I'd vote for red tubes (probably a deeper red than your photoshop job, but still in the range of fresh blood), silver metallic for the highlights, and a brooks saddle sort of aged honey brown for the lugs.
If you're a careful sort and have access to 3" wide masking tape and exacto knives, you can make a stencil for lettering (or more advanced shapes). It's a PITA technique, but can look *very* cool.
If you're a careful sort and have access to 3" wide masking tape and exacto knives, you can make a stencil for lettering (or more advanced shapes). It's a PITA technique, but can look *very* cool.
03-26-08, 04:52 PM
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Yellow. All bikes should be yellow. All my bikes are yellow. Yellow yellow.
Not white. White is wrong.
Not white. White is wrong.
03-26-08, 09:33 PM
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Contrasting lugs, highlighted with pinstriped edges. Have the tubes pinstriped to match the lugs since it's an easy masking job and adds interest when done well. I'd vote for red tubes (probably a deeper red than your photoshop job, but still in the range of fresh blood), silver metallic for the highlights, and a brooks saddle sort of aged honey brown for the lugs.
If you're a careful sort and have access to 3" wide masking tape and exacto knives, you can make a stencil for lettering (or more advanced shapes). It's a PITA technique, but can look *very* cool.
If you're a careful sort and have access to 3" wide masking tape and exacto knives, you can make a stencil for lettering (or more advanced shapes). It's a PITA technique, but can look *very* cool.
Is this the sort of thing you had in mind?
03-28-08, 03:40 PM
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I have a Sirrus '88, I think. Rides great!
Mine is a dark teal green with white head tube...kinda old school. Paint was really chipped and PO did some nasty touch-up. Been thinking I should strip it and repaint. Post your results so I can check it out!
I want to chrome the head tube lugs and dropouts then paint, but it's really not worth that expense...looks cool though.
Mine is a dark teal green with white head tube...kinda old school. Paint was really chipped and PO did some nasty touch-up. Been thinking I should strip it and repaint. Post your results so I can check it out!
I want to chrome the head tube lugs and dropouts then paint, but it's really not worth that expense...looks cool though.
03-28-08, 03:49 PM
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03-28-08, 04:00 PM
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