A step too far?

Kiblams

OK, this one's about adding bling to a bike. There seems to always have been a trend for building bikes with colour schemes in trials biking, and most MTBers are doing it now too.

Imagine you have a bike and it is say black and so most of the components match the black already, and your decals are another; let's say blue and you want to add some more blue to make it look fancy...

But when is matching colours a step too far?

Blue Handlebars
Blue Seat post
Blue Seat post Clamp
Blue Stem
Blue Grips
Blue Pedals
Blue Cable outers
Blue headset cap
Blue Headset spacers
Blue Saddle
Blue Crank bolts
Blue Chain ring bolts
Blue QR Skewers
Blue Rotors
Blue Hubs
BLue Lizard skins

What do you guys think?

.blitz

Kiblams wrote:

What do you guys think?

*throws up* sounds awful

I don't mind a tiny tiny bit of blingage but blue bars, stem, seatpost, seat :shock: *throws up again*

Kiblams

.blitz wrote:

I don't mind a tiny tiny bit of blingage but blue bars, stem, seatpost, seat :shock: *throws up again*

I know what you mean, I would only go with small bits like the QR skewers and seatpost clamps etc. Just trying to establish where others draw the line.

Basically, my bike is too black and I need some more blue to break it up. But i can see myself going totally crazy and fitting all of the above before I am done :shock:

scale20

It needs to be little and spread out if you want to do it. I have blue bits on my pace, if I was to list it, it would sound a lot but they are just small bits like floating rotors, bore caps resivoir caps and hubs.

Personally I think things like the bars, stem and post will be a tad too far. You might get away with the blue stem. Try a bit of white on it :?:

Surf-Matt

Mine is also very black - I bought XT SPDs mainly because - they are black.
Same with the carbon bottle cage.

Much easier to stay black than blue though.

xtreem

Never seen a Blue Seat post.
Please post one.

.blitz

Kiblams wrote:

Basically, my bike is too black and I need some more blue to break it up.

It can never be too black Maybe some blue rotor bolts and cable/grip clamps but that's all.

Beardface

Xtreem wrote:

Never seen a Blue Seat post.
Please post one.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Charg ... 360044284/ There ya go

Kiblams

Xtreem wrote:

Never seen a Blue Seat post.
Please post one.

Just did a quick search and found these:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=35910
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=34960

I have the seatpost clamp and Hope headset cap in blue on the bike already, I am thinking maybe QR skewers, pedals and headset spacers and leave it at that...

cat_with_no_tail

My new build is going to be a Grey frame with the following red bits:

Atomlab Pimp spokes (Subject to sizing confirmation)
Hope Pro II hub
Hope headset
Odi Ruffian with extra lock jaw clamps (grey grips with red clamps)
Middleburn RS8 5bolt, red spider
floating rotors
Wellgo MG1
QR (rear only)
Alligator I-link gear outers
Hope X2 Bore Cap
Straitline Lever Blade set
Goodridge Braided Brake hoses
Crank Bolt

Also considering (in red)

USE Alien seatpost
Brave Airbase bars

But they'll be the last bits I buy, so I can see how the rest of the bike looks first, then make a decision based on that.

HOWEVER. I'm talking there about building the bike from scratch, not replacing existing bits. Doubt I'd be going that far replacing stuff that already came with a bike.

xtreem

The Charge seatpost is very nice. 8)

projectsome

my last bike was red, had red pedals, white forks, white bar grips and a white saddle.

the new bike is plain black but will hopefully be pearl white with red decal. the rims will be white again with red decal. along with red/white forks. this is if i can save up for the summer

weeksy59

I was debating white bars for mine actually.

It's a pity they don't make rear mechs in white too

projectsome

weeksy59 wrote:

I was debating white bars for mine actually.

It's a pity they don't make rear mechs in white too

don't sram? they do coloured rear cassettes??

weeksy59

projectsome wrote:

weeksy59 wrote:

I was debating white bars for mine actually.

It's a pity they don't make rear mechs in white too

don't sram? they do coloured rear cassettes??

REALLY ?


oooooooh.

I'd epxect to find plenty of bars in white.... but cassettes Mmmmmmmmm.

I dunno, i know they're doing the X0/9 in colours now but i didn't think white was on it.

cat_with_no_tail

weeksy59 wrote:

projectsome wrote:

weeksy59 wrote:

I was debating white bars for mine actually.

It's a pity they don't make rear mechs in white too

don't sram? they do coloured rear cassettes??

REALLY ?


oooooooh.

I'd epxect to find plenty of bars in white.... but cassettes Mmmmmmmmm.

I dunno, i know they're doing the X0/9 in colours now but i didn't think white was on it.

It's just Gold, Orange and red IIRC

Kiblams

Cat With No Tail wrote:

It's just Gold, Orange and red IIRC

Yeah I looked and only found those 3 while looking for blue :oops:

cat_with_no_tail

Of course, if you want to be REALLY tarty, you could always send stuff off to be anodized.

stomith

Chances of all the 'blues' matching and not clashing?

Far easier to go all black and then apply some highlights. Meaning that black is pretty much black.

Kiblams

stomith wrote:

Chances of all the 'blues' matching and not clashing?

Far easier to go all black and then apply some highlights. Meaning that black is pretty much black.

Yeah, that's why I am thinking small things like QR skewers, bar ends and Pedals to go with the seatclamp and headset cap I already have fitted.

joshtp

small stuf is OK, like bolts, seatpost clamps, QR sqewers, maybe brakes and flating rotors, and if you are really sad i supose chain rings are all right.. but stuff like bars, stem, seatpost, just no... NO...NO...NO
stuff like pedal pins are pretty cool though...

mac_man

Speaking purely from a designers point of view..... accent colour should be treated as a highlight, assuming you're after a tasteful looking bike that is.

Too much of a secondary colour and the bike will look overdone.... think Liberace.... or some pimped up rap star.

But hey... if that's your thing... go for it.

scale20

Cat With No Tail wrote:

My new build is going to be a Grey frame with the following red bits:

Atomlab Pimp spokes (Subject to sizing confirmation)
Hope Pro II hub
Hope headset
Odi Ruffian with extra lock jaw clamps (grey grips with red clamps)
Middleburn RS8 5bolt, red spider
floating rotors
Wellgo MG1
QR (rear only)
Alligator I-link gear outers
Hope X2 Bore Cap
Straitline Lever Blade set
Goodridge Braided Brake hoses
Crank Bolt

Also considering (in red)

USE Alien seatpost
Brave Airbase bars

But they'll be the last bits I buy, so I can see how the rest of the bike looks first, then make a decision based on that.

HOWEVER. I'm talking there about building the bike from scratch, not replacing existing bits. Doubt I'd be going that far replacing stuff that already came with a bike.

Good luck with the USE alien seatpost in red, I waited nearly 2 1/2 months for USE to get their asses in gear to get one to me and when they did it was the wrong size. Bought a joplin instead

Northwind

My Soul was almost all black and white, witha wee bit of grey. Looked, if I say so myself, mint. But now it has silver forks