What colour should my new bike be?

[sussex cyclist]

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[Nearholmer]

Red, with gold crown and martlets on the head badge, then everyone will know you are a proud East Sussex Cyclist, or think that you stole it from the fire brigade.

[PT1029]

There are a lot of colours I think look good on a bike, say deep metallic purple or deep metallic blue among others. However, some colours make the bike more obvious to the light fingered brigade, so I prefer something more subdued.
I quite like desert sand (see Stanforth's website for some examples), otherwise black is a safe bet for me (new frame will be black).
If you have rim brakes, I can recommend dark battleship grey - blends in with everything (except grass for some reason), and more importantly, the grey sludge from the rim brakes in wet weather doesn't show on dark battleship grey. Gloss dark battleship grey touch up tins used to always be available - the last time I tried, they only had it in matt - the MOD and the Pentagon have a lot to answer for!

Of course these days it is not just colour, it is also a choice of gloss or matt (or bare titanium - polished or dull?). Not to mention bare carbon fibre- invariably black, though some components a few years back were white carbon fibre, not seen this on a frame though.

[slowster]

It depends a lot on the choice of components. Titanium frames generally look better with black components, but silver anodised or polished components usually look better on a painted frame. If you plan to fit black components, you need to choose a paint colour that goes well with black.

Since you are getting the frame made by Woodrup, I suggest you have a look at the colour schemes of the bikes on Kevin Sayles' flickr page - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_sayles_bikes/.

[rogerzilla]

Is this the singlespeed? A colour to make it look light, so:

- Turkish green
- seafoam
- lavender
- grey
- white

Black, Oxford blue or BRG will make it look like a heavy piece of ironwork. Fine for a tourer, of course.

[PH]

Have it painted titanium, that'll confuse 'em.
Last time I had the choice, I went for a mid green RAL6011
Alfie

[simonineaston]

Some of my favourite colour ways have not worked on a bike... Probably a combo that has a fair chance is BRG, with a mix of silver (ie ally, s/s - or perish the thought - polished chrome) and gold (ie brass).

[peetee]

Black groupset or silver?

[cycle tramp]

Because Brucey's not here, I'll pass on his advice, which was any colour as long as its light - a light colour will help show any cracks in the frame, whereas a dark colour may mask them...

Brucey, I hope you're doing ok

[Jamesh]

Mazda soul red lovely colour, hard to paint so I'm told.

I fancy rubbing down my Cannondale and painting it this colour!

https://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/maz ... s/soulred/

[Jamesh]

Because Brucey's not here, I'll pass on his advice, which was any colour as long as its light - a light colour will help show any cracks in the frame, whereas a dark colour may mask them...

Brucey, I hope you're doing ok

Here here...

[simonineaston]

Brucey, I hope you're doing ok

Me too...

[Valbrona]

There's a kid around my way whose car is done with that paint which gives a 'rust' finish.

[Carlton green]

Because Brucey's not here, I'll pass on his advice, which was any colour as long as its light - a light colour will help show any cracks in the frame, whereas a dark colour may mask them...

Brucey, I hope you're doing ok

Plus one for good wishes towards Brucey and, as ever, his advice is logical.

I’d ask the OP what he wants the colour to do or not do. Going for something that won’t attract too much unwanted attention seems logical to me, so a light and neutral colour (like grey) might be a reasonable start point.

[PH]

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Not much showing is there?