Colour coordination

keeko

I know its kinda sad and that but does anyone colour coordinate their kit ?
LIke a blue lid and gloves because theres blue on your bike? Or anodized spacers that have to be the right colour? I didn`t bother before but now it kinda bugs me.
I`ve just bought a new carbon Zaskar and my totally way out helmet and gloves `don`t look right`.

I think it`s just an excuse to buy new gear. :P

Chilesy

Yes mate ,sure do Camo Zen lid,Camo shorts Green/Brown oakly top Green/Black gloves Greem ano Giant Reign bike cant buy to much gear never !!!

supersonic

Erm, no. But my bike looks nice lol.

I wear a tartan golf jacket in the rain.

Daz555

Colour coordinate bike - ok.
Colour coordinate kit - ok.
Colour coordinate both - er, no. Just, no.

Then again, my bike is black, and everything does with black. :?

Si78

supersonic wrote:

I wear a tartan golf jacket in the rain.

Got any pics???

Have a predominantly black bike.

I wear black altura shorts, black north face wicking t-shirts, black specialized spd shoes, black altura waterproof jacket, black gloves, have a black ruck-sack, and for a bit of variation a silver giro helmet, with a black peak ofcourse

Not trying to co-ordinate, just like black 8)

And it's not too bad at night either... jacket, ruck-sack and shoes have reflective bits on them that are barely noticable in the day, but chuffing bright at night.

The Spiderman

I save the hassle and just buy everything in black,too.

deffler

Nowt wrong with a bit of colour co-ordination. Im not ashamed to say I picked up an Adidas tennis T-shirt in the same lime green/black as my Genesis. 8) , all my bike gear is co-ordinated

I would just feel all wrong if I wasnt colour co-ordinated. My golf gear is all co-ordinated, so is my football training gear & I buy my boots to match our strips.







Have I broke the world record for the most uses of co-ordinated in a post?

cat_with_no_tail

I tend to try not to go out looking like I got dressed in the dark, but have never thought about trying to co-ordinate my wardrobe with my bike. It's stuff like that that will end up getting you kicked out of the Man club

Once you start co-ordinating your clothes with you bike, it's only a short step before you are shaving your legs and wearing full team lycra, complete with sponsors to match your road bike. No going back from there.

Johnny Napalm

No, I don't colour co-ordinate my clothes with my bike either. Although, my bike is white, which does kind of match my graveyard tan!

deffler

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Once you start co-ordinating your clothes with you bike, it's only a short step before you are shaving your legs and wearing full team lycra, complete with sponsors to match your road bike. No going back from there.

Now that you mention it............................................................ :idea:

Joe_Pineapples

Saddo that I am, I usually look like the milk tray man when I'm on the bike. The most colourful part of me is the mud!

MarkEo

I love co-ordinating my colour scheme, i think its partly OCD though, it just makes me feel better, haha

Northwind

I totally colour coordinated my bike, or monochrome coordinated, there's hardly a part on it that's not black or white. But I don't colour coordinate the rest of my gear, I just buy stuff that I like the looks or spec of.

k2rider

ive got some saracen shorts and ride a saracen does that count? even though the bikes grey and the shorts are yellow and black and red 8)

keeko

I just saw a pair of sidi shoes on Chainreactioncycles reduced by £60. Top shoes.

The bit that bugs me is they`re black and red.

I need to get out more

thedirge

miss matching brakes, miss matching wheels, black helmet pink goggles green jersey.

if you wanna whiten your teeth and wax your bikini line go for it.

Anonymous

i pretty much wear all black when i ride but only cause thats what colour clothes i have, i rarely buy actual mtb kit and wear normal casual kit.

i do like to colour code my bikes though, nothing too bizarre and try to keep it a little discreet but its fun if not particularly functional.

thedirge

toe nail varnish and bike colour are essential. gok wan told me i'd look fat otherwise

fletch8928

Broke my right Foot and rear Derailleur. does that count as co-ordinating

fletch8928

i didnt i just thought it would make a witty comment

Biggus86

I'm really bad with colours... can't even decide what colour to paint my room, so buying new stuff for my bikes gonna be a pain (09 Prophet 2)... :?

SDK2007

I co-ordinate where I can.
My bike, full face helmet, gloves and some jerseys all match up.

keeko

Cool set up above. Its nice to have the kit if you can.

I had a Fat chance hardtail a few years back and nearly everything was a different colour. I had a blue kooka stem, King hubs, one blue one apple green. A red King aheadset, purple skewers and syncros black post a Paul Triclour rear mech and a blue front mech and White brothers black and gold fork.
Looked great! :P

Now I`m Mr Black and silver but I`m buying a blue jacket :?:

MilitantGraham

I think we all know my views on colour coordinated lycra by now without me having to post those pictures again.

RealMan

All I'm saying.

sicknewt

+1 for getting everything in black...

MrChuck

In a kind of half-hearted way on the bike- for instance when I got some new Hope QRs I thought I might as well get the red ones to go with my hubs since they had them, but I'm a long way from getting matching spacers, seat clamps or whatever just for the hell of it.

Clothing I tend to stick to black or fairly understated colors so no probs really. That said I rashly bought some red bibshorts and then later got a jersey to match- lesson learned, stick to black shorts and then it's not a problem!

serpant

Yup im guilty of it my nail trail is orange with black finishing kit my gear is all black with flecks of orange thrown in

dav1

blue black and silver on my bike. See the play link in my sig

My commuter is yellow and red but need to upload a newer pic of that.

mattyboy199

my Chameleon is blue with green detailing where possible looks quite good i think.

Thinking about building another bike with the whole colour co-ordination going. Hope have a good selection of colours which is helpful.

Torres

My bike s black, my helmet is black, my shorts are black, my jersey are black...i'm not colour co-ordinating,i'm a ninja!