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  • Show me your steel road bikes – Colour inspiration needed!
  • DirtyLyle
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    Just about to order a custom disc frame, but am in a quandry over the colour. Mulling a mix of Swedish flag-y blue and yellow. Or Jaws poster sea blue, white and red. Any other winning combos?

    MrSmith
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    waiting for this to be delivered.
    black
    grey: Ral 7015 slate grey
    blue: Ral 5014 pastel blue

    matt paintwork

    DirtyLyle
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    Oh man, that’s nice. Matt might be the way forward.

    nedrapier
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    If you google

    Talbot-Frameworks-custom-Columbus-steel-race-frame-in-aid-of-Rob-English

    You’ll find a picture of something lovely in a very nice blue/grey.

    Sad to hear of Rob English’s accident. Sounds like he’s in a bad way.

    fin25
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    This picture does not do the colours full justice, it really is veryy nice to look at.

    Speshpaul
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    I like the red Ridleys in the tour.

    Bregante
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    I’ve just seen the Madison Genesis team bus and support cars traveling down the M56 covered in bikes that were resplendent in those colours fin. Looked chuffin lovely

    fin25
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    The new team bikes, being stainless steel, are mostly bare metal now…

    fin25
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    DirtyLyle
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    Yeah, the raw steel Volares are gorgeous. Good job, Madison…

    toby1
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    If it’s colour you are after then head over to field for a look …

    fin25
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    That bike is so 90’s it should have Terry Christian presenting it…

    Andy_Sweet
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    lol fin25

    irvb
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    Not a combo, but I love my Sparkleboogie Blue Surly Pacer…..

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/cn8naS]Surly Pacer[/url] by Irv Bartlett, on Flickr

    Whathaveisaidnow
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    yellow and green

    here’s my lady in yellow, she gets everyone’s attention. 🙂

    see how i let the yellow and green weeds grow through the patio to compliment her?

    mtbtom
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    I’m confused toby1, I thought those were enduro specific colours…

    Teetosugars
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    I like this one Ricky built..
    I’d change the yellow for pink tho…

    bedraggled
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    Red and yellow.

    MussEd
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    DirtyLyle
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    Love the red and yellow Raleigh. Was that a respray?

    Keen on the different coloured seat stays on the Feather too (quite common on forks too). I know that it’s a design trope now, but it looks soooo good.

    Dyffers
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    Very dark blue metallic and white with yellow highlights:

    Red/white/black custom to emulate an old Giant design:

    kiwijohn
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    Excuse the poor photo.

    plus-one
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    Those field’s are stunning !!!!!

    Keep the pics coming I’m looking for inspiration too for a paint job 🙂 🙂

    DirtyLyle
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    That Serotta looks just ‘right’…

    cheers_drive
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    [url=https://flic.kr/p/j614dd]Untitled[/url] by Cheers Drive, on Flickr

    unclezaskar
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    here is my rather yellow ‘nago’ – i think yellow works well with complimentary components in black.

    regards – U.z.

    seven
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    Old frame resprayed BMG

    [url=https://flic.kr/p/aohEBB]Introducing the Broom[/url] by Nessie_101, on Flickr

    Dyffers
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    That Serotta looks just ‘right’…

    Thanks. Took me a few iterations to get it how I wanted it, and the chainset in that (2011) photo was temporary after I’d snapped one of my Tune crank arms! Carbon wheels and cranks on it now…in fact just got back from 15 miles on it to the seaside for an ice cream during my lunch break. Ace bike, shame Serotta are no more.

    neilm
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    Red, white and blue you say.

    Alternatively, there is always just a nice metallic blue.

    Or just plain black.

    unclezaskar
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    loving the stars/stripes concorde 😀

    deejayen
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    DirtyLyle
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    Another nice metallic blue on the Basso too. Thinking a main colour like that may be the way forward.
    Thanks for all the suggestions so far, beautiful bikes!

    DirtyLyle
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    Bump for the evening crowd.

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