http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Should I change the Kaff's colour? en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:34:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787&page=2#post-105825 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:40:14 +0000 wee folding bike 105825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Deltic, ya dancer.</p> <p>Ohhh, and black. Matte is nice as is gloss.</p> <p>Not the bile green seen on Marinas and Allegros. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105819 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:21:02 +0000 kaputnik 105819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Davec "Black."</p> <p>I think it was Henry B. Leylandmotorcorporation who once said "<em>you can have it in any colour. So long as it's beige"</em>.</p> <p>@WC - be careful following DaveC's advice on using household decor for the bike, you may end up hanging some nice curtains from the handlebars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105816 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:48:51 +0000 DaveC 105816@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can buy the vinyl stuff which looks like wood, used for kitchen cupboards etc.. They might be a good look? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105815 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:43:09 +0000 kaputnik 105815@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>somehow create a yellow contrast seat tube band </em></p> <p>I did a white band on the rescuedfromaskipbike using artist's self-adhesive vinyl sheet, cut very carefully to size with a scalpel. If you trim it just perfect, the join is imperceptable - particularly when faced into an area where the eye doesn't naturally get (such as between the tube and the mudguard).</p> <p>It's very cheap stuff (£1 per A4 sheet), reasonably hard wearing and not so thick that it stands too proud of the frame. Passes muster on all but the closest of inspections. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105814 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:23:28 +0000 DaveC 105814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just renew the existing colour scheme. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105813 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:22:23 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 105813@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>That cos u decided - or can't handle choice?</em>"</p> <p>YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE CHOICE!</p> <p>I'm leaning towards a nice dark green, and somehow create a yellow contrast seat tube band myself (as well as design some decals myself for it).</p> <p>Thing is, I DO like the colour scheme as it is as well - but it's starting to look REALLY tatty and annoying me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105812 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:16:33 +0000 PS 105812@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's like, how much more beige could this be? And the answer is none. None more beige. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105811 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:15:53 +0000 DaveC 105811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Black. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105810 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:09:25 +0000 kaputnik 105810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Albatross beige? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105809 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:07:43 +0000 DaveC 105809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The darkest shade they did. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105807 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:54:15 +0000 kaputnik 105807@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What shade of Beige did you go with, Dave? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105806 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:48:30 +0000 DaveC 105806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had the same dilema last week. I ordered a new Dolan Dual and asked what colour it was as there was only one frame in that size left. "Oh its blank" said the guy, "you can have whatever colour you like, free of charge".... Ahhh!!!!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105801 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:23:55 +0000 chdot 105801@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I'm not sure whether this thread is helpful or not... ;)"</p> <p>That cos u decided - or can't handle choice? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105800 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:16:34 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 105800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure whether this thread is helpful or not... ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105798 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:54:38 +0000 Arellcat 105798@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My Granddad once had an Austin 1100 that was quite the most awful colour. You know when you mix a tiny bit of black into yellow paint? It was like that. From K's colour charts, it was probably Chartreuse Yellow or Limeflower or Harvest Gold.</p> <p>WC, have a play with NYCEwheels' <a href="http://www.nycewheels.com/brompton-colors.html">Brompton color picker</a>. If you're going for a new powdercoat for the Kaff, you can have just about anything. Or have a play with a <a href="http://colorschemedesigner.com/">complementary colourwheel</a>, perhaps. How about a nice turkish blue to work with the brown trim? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105790 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:44:38 +0000 DaveC 105790@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Beige, its the new beige. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105787 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:38:11 +0000 Arellcat 105787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>How about two tone green</em></p> <p>I thought about that livery but preferred electric blue and <strike>sand</strike> cream.</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5039/5889424116_85b6f9d537_n.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105781 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:03:49 +0000 Cyclingmollie 105781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe traction engines?</p> <p><a href="http://search.avg.com/images?s=sideNav&amp;d=4b3d2cf0&amp;i=23&amp;tp=chrome&amp;q=traction+engines&amp;ychte=uk&amp;tc=test1">Google image search for traction engines</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105780 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:01:30 +0000 chdot 105780@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pinstriping even -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/971940@N22/pool" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/groups/971940@N22/pool</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105779 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:01:13 +0000 crowriver 105779@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I rather thought we were on the right track. Boom boom!</p> <p>LNER Garter Blue available from Craftmaster I see. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105777 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:59:56 +0000 PS 105777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cumberland Green #2</p> <p>There you go. Sorted. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105776 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:57:30 +0000 chdot 105776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"looking good with lining round them"</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bicycle+frame+lining" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bicycle+frame+lining</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105775 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:56:51 +0000 steveo 105775@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well this thread went off track quickly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105774 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:52:53 +0000 crowriver 105774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk/colours-steam-traction-archive.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk/colours-steam-traction-archive.htm</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk/colours-railway-archive.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk/colours-railway-archive.htm</a></p> <p>Ta, Googol! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105772 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:48:15 +0000 kaputnik 105772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The colour that Mallard was/is.<br /> </em></p> <p>"garter blue"</p> <p>LNER also had A4s in a silvery-grey for their Silver Link services. In wartime they were all-over stealth black. BR had them in a rather ugly all-over Brunswick Green. None of these other colours "worked" quite like the garter blue.</p> <p>I think the colours of steam locos are more suited to bikes than diesels, something to do with those round tubes looking like boiler barrels, and looking good with lining round them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105768 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:40:10 +0000 chdot 105768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nah not the blue. </p> <p>How about two tone green -</p> <p><a href="http://www.freefoto.com/preview/23-04-5/Deltic-D9009-Alycidon"><img src="http://s3.freefoto.com/images/23/04/23_04_5_web.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105765 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:36:43 +0000 steveo 105765@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>bwaha, that first column has an excellent selection for you! :-D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105763 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:33:25 +0000 Cyclingmollie 105763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The colour that Mallard was/is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105761 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:29:09 +0000 SRD 105761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>could we get a poll please? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9787#post-105760 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:26:56 +0000 kaputnik 105760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>there's a wide range of other Kaff-friendly colours to choose from;</p> <p><a href="http://www.mgexp.com/article/bmc-paint.html"><img src="http://www.mgexp.com/article/mgb/bmc-paint/paintcode-6869.jpg"></a> </p>