What bar tape/saddle color on a white frame

marusanek52
marusanek52 Posts: 5
edited October 2019 in Road buying advice
Hello fellow road bikers, I'm buying a new saddle (bought a second hand bike and the saddle is really worn) and bar tape, what color should I go with? (White CAAD 10 2011) Also does anyone have experience with Specialized Romin?

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  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    black seat, black bar tape, black cages.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • lesfirth
    lesfirth Posts: 1,382
    MF is right you know. Black.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    lesfirth wrote:
    MF is right you know. Black.

    :D:D:D
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Black. Anything else looks grubby.

    I've white bikes and I regret getting white cages even.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Pale lilac - saddle and bars.
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Imposter wrote:
    Pale lilac - saddle and bars.

    Not beige?
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
    Tripster AT
  • Darius_Jedburgh
    Darius_Jedburgh Posts: 675
    Taupe.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    White. Looks nails. Deda carbon is nice tape.
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Step83 wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Pale lilac - saddle and bars.

    Not beige?

    Might work....or fuschia...
  • figbat
    figbat Posts: 680
    My white Fuji came with white tape and saddle, and I added white cages and white SPDs. A bit of rubbing with baby wipes keeps it all white.
    Cube Reaction GTC Pro 29 for the lumpy stuff
    Cannondale Synapse alloy with 'guards for the winter roads
    Fuji Altamira 2.7 for the summer roads
    Trek 830 Mountain Track frame turned into a gravel bike - for anywhere & everywhere
  • part time waster
    part time waster Posts: 244
    Burnt stone , or Midnight sand.
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Imposter wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Pale lilac - saddle and bars.

    Not beige?

    Might work....or fuschia...

    Could go camo tape, no one will see it then, problem solved if you cant see it you cant moan about the colours surely.
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
    Tripster AT
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Step83 wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Pale lilac - saddle and bars.

    Not beige?

    Might work....or fuschia...

    Could go camo tape, no one will see it then, problem solved if you cant see it you cant moan about the colours surely.

    Depends on jungle camo, urban camo or desert camo, I would guess. My personal choice would be Estonian digital pattern, although not much use for desert riding...
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Not Berlin Brigade?
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
    Tripster AT
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Step83 wrote:
    Not Berlin Brigade?

    Hmm, good call, maybe..
  • navrig2
    navrig2 Posts: 1,844
    Spray the frame.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Imposter wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Step83 wrote:
    Imposter wrote:
    Pale lilac - saddle and bars.

    Not beige?

    Might work....or fuschia...

    Could go camo tape, no one will see it then, problem solved if you cant see it you cant moan about the colours surely.

    Depends on jungle camo, urban camo or desert camo, I would guess. My personal choice would be Estonian digital pattern, although not much use for desert riding...

    i have a load of the canadian stuff from when i worked with them - it looks like i'm in minecraft.

    well roasty toasty though.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    White bar tape looks OK on a darker coloured bike. On a white frame it's going to be too much, and tape, saddle and frame will never be the same shade either.

    So I'd say black saddle and bar tape
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
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    I think it works!
  • figbat
    figbat Posts: 680
    45380037774_0e632d33f8_c.jpg
    Cube Reaction GTC Pro 29 for the lumpy stuff
    Cannondale Synapse alloy with 'guards for the winter roads
    Fuji Altamira 2.7 for the summer roads
    Trek 830 Mountain Track frame turned into a gravel bike - for anywhere & everywhere
  • mugensi
    mugensi Posts: 559
    Anything but white.

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