The new build, but what colour?
bluechair84
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I've gone and bought myself an Intense Socom! Second hand of course... And like my last build, I'll probably spray it some candy colour. It's currently raw so a spray will be pretty easy. Last years Canyon is going to be sold on as the frame doesn't quite ride how I'd like it to and the medium is slightly on the large side. But what colour for the new build?
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I don't do smileys.
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It needs to be black. Either anodized or satin finish. There can be no discussion on this.0
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Well, i've got white wheels and white forks, might go white frame then gold bars, pedals and seatpost too... so all gold and white?
The Canyon was Mitsubishi Octane Blue which was an awesome colour.
But acid yellow could be immense...0 -
my gf used to have a lupo in this colour and i always thought a bike would look good in it...maybe it's just me though
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Cat With No Tail wrote:It needs to be black. Either anodized or satin finish. There can be no discussion on this.0
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It's just you. And her obviously. At least you had one thing in common - bad taste.welshkev wrote:my gf used to have a lupo in this colour and i always thought a bike would look good in it...maybe it's just me thoughI don't do smileys.
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acid yellow for comparisons sake
Yep, like that lurid green. Would go with my rather violently coloured jersey! That's not a standard VW colour though is it? Has it been resprayed?0 -
FFS, stop trying to ruin it with these vomit inducing colours!
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bluechair84 wrote:[
Yep, like that lurid green. Would go with my rather violently coloured jersey! That's not a standard VW colour though is it? Has it been resprayed?
no it's a standard colour, i quite liked it :oops: 0 -
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I like that too, although I prefer the green the Focus RS comes in.0
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See, the stealth look is alright but it is entierly lacking in any personality. My mother has everything white in the house and she says she has taste. I tell her it's white because when you have no taste in start with, the only thing to work with is white! Black bikes are exactly the same. Boring boring boring.
And I've been thinking about the green... Although I like it, it wouldn't go with the gold parts I'm moving over from the Canyon... They would look like the chunks of carrot amongst the bile...0 -
You know the orange lumps in vomit is bits of stomach lining, not carrots.
Sell your tacky gold tat and get some black finishing kit, which does look better. Frame can be a bright colour, but less is more on components.0 -
bluechair84 wrote:See, the stealth look is alright but it is entierly lacking in any personality. My mother has everything white in the house and she says she has taste. I tell her it's white because when you have no taste in start with, the only thing to work with is white! Black bikes are exactly the same. Boring boring boring.
And I've been thinking about the green... Although I like it, it wouldn't go with the gold parts I'm moving over from the Canyon... They would look like the chunks of carrot amongst the bile...
You're looking at it wrong. It's not the stealth look I'm taling about. You go for a satin/matte black paint job, then Pick a colour (Green, orange or electric blue would be my personal choices) for all the other bits.0 -
Got to be red, red is faster... everybody knows that0
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Cat With No Tail wrote:bluechair84 wrote:See, the stealth look is alright but it is entierly lacking in any personality. My mother has everything white in the house and she says she has taste. I tell her it's white because when you have no taste in start with, the only thing to work with is white! Black bikes are exactly the same. Boring boring boring.
And I've been thinking about the green... Although I like it, it wouldn't go with the gold parts I'm moving over from the Canyon... They would look like the chunks of carrot amongst the bile...
You're looking at it wrong. It's not the stealth look I'm taling about. You go for a satin/matte black paint job, then Pick a colour (Green, orange or electric blue would be my personal choices) for all the other bits.
I actually just walked past a satin black transit with matt go-faster stripes and company name and logo... It did look seriously good! I could go Satin frame and matt branding... white forks and wheels, lurid green bars...0 -
So many Intenses are red though it would be a cliche!pilch wrote:Got to be red, red is faster... everybody knows that0 -
I get some of my paints from here if you want somthing different
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What happened, I thought I saw one of your earlier posts where you said you loved it?bluechair84 wrote:I've gone and bought myself an Intense Socom! Second hand of course... And like my last build, I'll probably spray it some candy colour. It's currently raw so a spray will be pretty easy. Last years Canyon is going to be sold on as the frame doesn't quite ride how I'd like it to and the medium is slightly on the large side. But what colour for the new build?Eddy Merckx EMX-3
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I want that one
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Some forks i did http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o75 ... dc3908.jpg
it was with the paint off that website0 -
I'm doing a frame in the near future.
Going to go for matt black, but will spray certain areas first with my contrast colour (top tube and downtube). These areas will then be masked with makers decals (Spesh), then the bike will be done in the matt black. Peel away the decals and go over in satin laquer, maybe with a litle sparkle in it.
Sorted.
Then accent bike with same contrast colour - grips, pedals, wheels, seatpost clamp, wires/lines, jockey wheels.
Thinking of red and/or blue, to match Fox knobs & dials.....
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This is a bmx i did for my son http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o75 ... f71378.jpg
should be easily identified if its pinched lol0 -
I have been really enjoying it, especially since I fitted the boxxers. But it handles like a radio bike and I want something more dh. It's also atoucj too big.poppit wrote:
What happened, I thought I saw one of your earlier posts where you said you loved it?bluechair84 wrote:I've gone and bought myself an Intense Socom! Second hand of course... And like my last build, I'll probably spray it some candy colour. It's currently raw so a spray will be pretty easy. Last years Canyon is going to be sold on as the frame doesn't quite ride how I'd like it to and the medium is slightly on the large side. But what colour for the new build?0 -
Definitely not my thing but that does look really well done! How did you create that effect?adesaxo31 wrote:This is a bmx i did for my son http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o75 ... f71378.jpg
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I used an airbrush to do the smoke effect in silver then a transparent green over the top and keep doing layers to get a bit of depth in it0
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Personally I wouldn't spend too much time thinking about it but having been there and got the t-shirt etc I would recommend satin black
An all-black bike with black components not only looks ace it is easy to change components without it looking like a clown's bike. I would avoid any temptation to colour-match various bits and bobs it just looks like you are trying too hard or really have no idea at all.
Have a look here for 386 pages of how not to do it before you start painting:
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