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I appear to have caught the colour-matching bug, with a set of new mudguards...
New Broon Guards by blackpuddinonnabike, on Flickr
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! ;)
You'll have someone's eye out with these stays! :-o
Not my choice of colours, but nice to see it is well used/needs washing ;-)
Have you found a source for coffee coloured cable guides though for the full Kaputnik vibe....?
We need a name for that colour scheme. "Lemonsilk & Earwax" or something.
Mud and custard?
Cord brown and BL beige?
Coffee and cream?
"Strap me in the saddle and call me Kaputnik"
Kinky stuff eh? I'm sure there are other forums for that sort of thing..
Anyway what do you mean "caught", you've been colour matching all your bike bits for ages. Don't try to deny it.
Does look smart though!
It does look nice, doesn't it?
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
Is Planet-X a British company?
While Bike Rader calls the colour scheme 'sandy' and 'coffee', you could go for the more retro Triumph shades of Jonquil and Russet Brown.
It is SAND! Sand sand sand sand sand! ;)
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.
Oh, and the stays will be getting cut back, they're ridiculously long!
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 :)
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 :)
Or the clothes that my parents used to dress me up in when I was wee.
"Or the clothes that my parents used to dress me up in when I was wee. "
Can you give a bike a bowl haircut?
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.
The bike looks very nice btw, in a post-war stylee.
"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."
My thoughts exactly.
@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
All my bikes match the others, they're all muddy and need a clean.
@DaveC <applauds>
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..
Nicely curated colourway duude!!
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.
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!
Folk are right about those stays: they need a good trim.
...it's why black and silver/plain metal are the only proper colours for a bike.
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. :)
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