There is a bike you like, but it’s a pretty insipid colour…note, not garish or owt, just an easy-listening-jazz-like level of blandness.

Would this put you off?

On the plus side it seems to be going for about 5-10% less than the more popular colour scheme.

No, the opposite.

I bought my bike despite hating the colour scheme. I think it looks awful in the colour scheme I have but I love the way it rides.

Might have bought an Orange Alpine a while ago except they came in purple as standard and I remember the ’90s too well still.

I am currently sorely tempted to buy a bike because of the colour after seeing one at the Mega and falling in love with it.

Guilty as charged.

In 98 I paid extra for a Spesh Ground Control FSR Comp (bright orange) as the standard GC FSR was a metallic royal blue, which I didn’t like.

Happily it came with better kit

Better reason than wheel size I guess 🙄

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I hate the bright garish colours of late and prefer a plain colour tbh

That said I dont really care that much how much it looks like if the price is a massive discount 10 % is not enough for me tbh

FWIW i refuse to own a white coloured bike, or component, as they are just wrong

Yep. Based on the numbers and the reviews I reckon a Whyte T129 could be my ideal bike. But I won’t buy another grey bike. So, instead I’m waiting for Orange to update the Gyro in the hope that the geometry gets a bit closer to the Whyte. It may sound mad to some people, but I ain’t spending that sort of cash on anything that I don’t like the look of.

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I purposely bought my 5 cause it was bright pink!!! Why have a boring colour when u can stand out from the crowd

I bought the alloy version of my bike over the carbon version for amongst other things the carbo one was gopping.

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I purposely bought my 5 cause it was bright pink!!! Why have a boring colour when u can stand out from the crowd

If you re-read my original post, that was more or less what I was saying.

Yeah, I hate bright/garish bikes 😛

(I was only using it for the week, but my own bike is hardly better..)

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Yep. Based on the numbers and the reviews I reckon a Whyte T129 could be my ideal bike. But I won’t buy another grey bike. So, instead I’m waiting for Orange to update the Gyro in the hope that the geometry gets a bit closer to the Whyte.

Shirely my dear, couldn’t you buy the whyte, get it powder coated and still have spent less than buying a Gyro & actually get the frame with the geometry you want? 😉

FWIW i refuse to own a white coloured bike, or component, as they are just wrong

I clean my bikes after every ride (I know they get dirty as soon as I start the next ride) my white bike are by far the easiest to clean, the black ones look clean while wet but then show all the dirty bits I missed when they’re dry and I’m about to put them away. 😕

I like insipid bikes, nothing too garish for me!!