Will I regret choosing pink?
welkman
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So I got enough to get me a second bike and have settled on the Planet X Sl Pro. I really like the idea of a bright pink bike, but will I regret not choosing a more 'sensible' colour in the long run??? Your thoughts please....
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Yes.
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i saw a fella on an on-one pink 29er and although he looked substantially gay, the bike looked cool in a non hetro sort of wayViner Salviati
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welkman wrote:So I got enough to get me a second bike and have settled on the Planet X Sl Pro. I really like the idea of a bright pink bike, but will I regret not choosing a more 'sensible' colour in the long run??? Your thoughts please....
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Think of the humiliation that men will feel being overtaken by a pink bike! You're going to need to be up to the challenge but it will be very rewarding when you clinch it.
On practical front, bright pink is highly visible (cf fluorescent pink highlighters) and women drivers will give you a very wide berth
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\If you can overtake people you will love it. If you are a MAMIL it will be extremely ghey.And now you know, and knowing is half the battle
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pink is great but you have to be fast
if you are fast then its seriously cool
if you are slow then you will have the pi$$ taken out of you0 -
see 'the pig' belowHat + Beard0 -
i got a flam pink (with a blue stripe) re-spray on the ribble a few years back. thought it was great until the neighbour called it a pink and purple monster. from that point on it was just a matter of time before it went... be sure before you go pink. very sure.0
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i got a flam pink (with a blue stripe) re-spray on the ribble a few years back. thought it was great until the neighbour called it a pink and purple monster. from that point on it was just a matter of time before it went... be sure before you go pink. very sure.0
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You know that song, "A Boy named Sue."?
It's a bit like that....Your just going to have to work a bit harder!
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Hmmm, so what your saying is you need to be really fast and have massive kahunas....maybe I will stick with the black then. I have noticed that there is only photos of one pink framed sl pro on the whole of the interweb compared to hundreds of white/red and black ones!0
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Put a wicker basket on the front a wear a flowing skirt and people will barely notice the colour.Nobody told me we had a communication problem0
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There was a story on tv last night about a rugby team that were made to wear pink.
I think it was a punishment.0 -
...I know there are all sorts of justifications and reasons to go pink..but no don't do it welkman, it's wrong, wrong, wrong...unless you are getting it for an absolute bargain price......all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...0
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probably especially riding by a boozer on a warm day and people are outside soaking up beer and sun.
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Do it; it looks cool. It will draw attention, but if you've got a nice bike then there's nothing wrong with that.0
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If you ride a pink bike you better be the fastest thing on your commute at all times. I'm talking racer level speed. I mean not even Jonginge would own a pink bike. Greg did but he has an OCD with colours.
Still, now you own a pink bike riding faster than everyone else is the only way to negate the Gay.
If you look like you've blown up - gay.
Struggle up hill - gay.
Rest day (on the pink bike) - gay.
You've committed yourself to riding ferociously at all times. That's what pink bikes do.Food Chain number = 4
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If you like pink then ride a pink bike no problemNever trust anyone who says trust me0
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nich wrote:There was a story on tv last night about a rugby team that were made to wear pink.
I think it was a punishment.
Stade Francais play in pink but I suspect that is due to the leanings of their chairman.0 -
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remember and put Show Tunes on your MP3 player but WTF its only a color :- Enjoy and who really gives a crap ???????????0
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clarkey cat wrote:Get this - not gay at all.
Of course.
Unless...You look like you've blown up - gay.
Your struggling up hill - gay.
You have a rest day (on the pink bike) - gay.Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
I hate to be that Politically Correct Guy, but why is it OK that "gay" is used as an insult?Bike lover and part-time cyclist.0
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In refrence to the picture above, the Planet X is a proper 'mans' shade of pink, not some salmon couloured wannabe pink hue 0
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I've seen a couple of these around. Not the best colour for the SL Pro (Which is of course red...) but if you're riding it fast, it really does make a statement.0 -
If I had a pink SL Pro, (which I was very tempted to), I would have added blue highlights, such as a blue saddle and blue bar tape to "man it up" a bit....Giant XTC Pro-Carbon
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Agree with the comment above - blue tape and saddle and the 2008 Lampre team kit to complete the look
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That's a bit like putting boxing gloves on Graham Norton and giving him a squirt of Brut. Your not going to fool any one.Ginjafro wrote:If I had a pink SL Pro, (which I was very tempted to), I would have added blue highlights, such as a blue saddle and blue bar tape to "man it up" a bit....0
