http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Strap me in the Saddle and call me Kaputnik en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:14:55 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43639 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:38:22 +0000 Arellcat 43639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>...it's why black and silver/plain metal are the only proper colours for a bike.</em></p> <p>My little recumbent is black, with black brakes, black cranks, silver rims, and silver hubs; the monstrousbike is silver with silver brakes, silver cranks, black rims and black hubs. All part of the plan. :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43632 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:42:16 +0000 crowriver 43632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Beige and chestnut. I used to drive an old Humber estate car back in the early 1980s with that colour scheme: beige on the outside, chestnut trim on the inside. The car was mid-1970s manufacture.</p> <p>Anyway, looks quite nice in a retro stylee. Next you need a golfing cap with matching leather trim, some old school driving gloves, 'sport' shirt (subtle check pattern), tweed tie, under a beige tank top (maybe Pringle?) and brown cord plus fours. Brown leather brogues over Pringle diamond pattern socks. Dapper!</p> <p>Folk are right about those stays: they need a good trim. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43630 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:49:18 +0000 recombodna 43630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nicely curated colourway duude!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43627 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:25:55 +0000 ruggtomcat 43627@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a bit of a colorscheme going on with the fleet, I like the black and silver. I want to see a better picture of Anths before I decide if I like it or not, the spokes look nice.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43620 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:26:01 +0000 Smudge 43620@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC &lt;applauds&gt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43619 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:24:26 +0000 DaveC 43619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All my bikes match the others, they're all muddy and need a clean. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43618 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:23:14 +0000 Smudge 43618@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fashionistas, it's why black and silver/plain metal are the only proper colours for a bike, the matching is done properly, not like some with non matching brake pads, tyres etc ;-p </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43616 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:10:16 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 43616@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>Can I take it from this that there are people who don't colour match tape, saddles, cables, accessories etc etc? I find the very thought utterly preposterous.</em>"</p> <p>My thoughts exactly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43615 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:09:37 +0000 Jackson Priest 43615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can I take it from this that there are people who <em>don't</em> colour match tape, saddles, cables, accessories etc etc? I find the very thought utterly preposterous. </p> <p>The bike looks very nice btw, in a post-war stylee. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43608 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:42:44 +0000 DaveC 43608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Or the clothes that my parents used to dress me up in when I was wee. "</p> <p>Can you give a bike a bowl haircut? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43606 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:38:40 +0000 amir 43606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or the clothes that my parents used to dress me up in when I was wee. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43605 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:37:31 +0000 kaputnik 43605@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Whatever colour Anth's bike is, it is vaguley familiar when looking at old photos of British Rail carriage interiors from the 1970s and 80s :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43603 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:35:45 +0000 kaputnik 43603@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also available in white with a red stripe, silver, black with a blue stripe and black with a fluoyellow stripe. If anyone else wants to get matching :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43599 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:27:00 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 43599@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is SAND! Sand sand sand sand <em><strong>sand</em></strong>! ;)</p> <p>Got me there Min, I've just never managed to get 'guards matching before. As for cable outers... Well, I do know where I can get some.</p> <p>Oh, and the stays will be getting cut back, they're ridiculously long! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43593 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:58:17 +0000 Arellcat 43593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is Planet-X a British company?</p> <p>While Bike Rader calls the colour scheme 'sandy' and 'coffee', you could go for the more retro Triumph shades of Jonquil and Russet Brown. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43590 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:50:50 +0000 kaputnik 43590@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It does look nice, doesn't it?</p> <p>Could do with a couple of wee flags on the stays incase you take an eye out when bending down to inspect wheel or derailleur </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43589 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:39:03 +0000 Min 43589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Strap me in the saddle and call me Kaputnik"</p> <p>Kinky stuff eh? I'm sure there are other forums for that sort of thing.. </p> <p>Anyway what do you mean "caught", you've been colour matching all your bike bits for ages. Don't try to deny it. </p> <p>Does look smart though! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43587 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:30:27 +0000 Smudge 43587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mud and custard?<br /> Cord brown and BL beige?<br /> Coffee and cream? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43584 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:26:21 +0000 wingpig 43584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We need a name for that colour scheme. "Lemonsilk &amp; Earwax" or something. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43582 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:18:59 +0000 Smudge 43582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You'll have someone's eye out with these stays! :-o</p> <p>Not my choice of colours, but nice to see it is well used/needs washing ;-)<br /> Have you found a source for coffee coloured cable guides though for the full Kaputnik vibe....? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4197#post-43581 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:11:46 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 43581@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I appear to have caught the colour-matching bug, with a set of new mudguards...</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/6258860024/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6120/6258860024_0e0ed748ee.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/6258860024/">New Broon Guards</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blackpuddinonnabike/">blackpuddinonnabike</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>Guards made by 'Vavert', and I have to say they've gone on a bit more easily, and fit better, than the (silver) SKS ones that came off. And there's a bonus reflector! ;) </p>