help on what color for bike

DannyJames

Currently rebuilding my Marin, It will be as picture apart from graphite grey brakes and groupset and lose the yellow seat. I'm thinking about having it powder coated to make it look a bit more modern but just wanting opinions on colors etc.

I did think about polishing the frame up and having the swingarm done candy red to match the pedals or the frame Candy red and polish up the swingarm or any ideas to what other colors would suit accepted

omegas

pink

DannyJames

omegas wrote:

pink

I quite like candy pink but its a no

fredblob

metallic black/red all over



you get the drift.

like this

batmo

I did see a bike looking very smart the other week painted a deep "Cadbury" purple colour, coincidentally another single pivot bike, you know the one, an Orange 5...

cooldad

Don't be a tart and ride it - perfect as is.

fredblob

cooldad wrote:

Don't be a tart and ride it - perfect as is.

that colour scheme reminds me of 90's ski suit

DannyJames

cooldad wrote:

Don't be a tart and ride it - perfect as is.

I cant be doing with the yellow though The frame is lacquered and is lifting in places too which annoys me although paint stripper and polish would sort that :roll:

Kowalski675

DannyJames wrote:

I did think about polishing the frame up and having the swingarm done candy red to match the pedals or the frame Candy red and polish up the swingarm or any ideas to what other colors would suit accepted

A deep, lush candy red over metallic silver basecoat always looks lovely:



Only problem is that you'll be gutted when you scratch it...

Giraffoto

Red is fastest, black is easiest to match. Some sort of camouflage paint scheme won't show the dirt so much.

Long_Time_Lurker

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Long_Time_Lurker

Bright green. I love bright green.
But in reality, black.

RockmonkeySC

Don't bother. You can't see when your riding

fredblob

Kowalski675 wrote:

DannyJames wrote:

I did think about polishing the frame up and having the swingarm done candy red to match the pedals or the frame Candy red and polish up the swingarm or any ideas to what other colors would suit accepted

A deep, lush candy red over metallic silver basecoat always looks lovely:



Only problem is that you'll be gutted when you scratch it...

nice bike

Kowalski675

Cheers. I built it for an ex girlfriend, from her awful crash damaged, rusted wreck (it was blue originally). What I should've done was set fire to her hideous wreck and told her to f**k off, but hindsight's always 20-20...

The pic doesn't do justice to the candy red, it's a gorgeous colour.

DCR00

Raw

cooldad

DCR00 wrote:

Raw

If anything, this.

The Rookie

Raw is lighter.......

Or go to Halfords and look along the racks and see what takes your fancy, my fancy was Ford Metallic purple.