[Closed] Show me your gold bikes

*dons Oakleys*

minging

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you dont see too many gold bikes

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Mine is annodized, not painted mind you. (Its also very rarely this clean!)

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you dont see too many gold bikes

I got an old steel road frame powdercaoted metallic gold and I think it looks mint. It really shows off the frame though, so if it's a bit of a munter like my 456, I wouldn't. What frame is it?

It's a Genesis Altitude steel hardtail.

I've seen a couple of shades of gold paint, and some are far nicer than others.

Just do a google search for 1996 Kona Cindercone - the best looking bike of all time, for all the inspiration you need.

Gary,
Strangely enough, I followed a van with the word "caldera" on it this morning, and it reminded me of the kona caldera & cindercone models.

Googled the cindercone and quite like that - need to think carefully about headset & seatclamp colours now.

Thanks.

lifted from mtbr

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belugabob - Yeah, they are great bikes, and anyone who describes the colour of a 96 Cindercone as 'minging' has no taste whatsoever! 🙂

I think the actual colour was 'swamp green' or something like that, as it isn't bright gold, but looks great all the same.

need to think carefully about headset & seatclamp colours now.

I reckon subtle and understated will do nicely. Maybe silver, like the one up there? ^^^

Another Kona, the Kula from the mid 90s looked pretty cool IIRC

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Fool's Gold by Orange (ignore the steerer, I'd only just fitted the fork)

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Ooh...

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@tootallpaul

That's more like the colour I had in mind - what bike is that?

Gold Kona Explosif
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Its between gold and the rockshox fork colour, (depending on the sun) the red finishing kit combo really works.

wot no raleigh super tuff burner?

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better colour pic

1997 Kona Explosif - very pretty

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150086&highlight=explosif

It's a Turner Sultan- gorgeous colour. I love it...

It's a Turner Sultan- gorgeous colour. I love it...

And a 29er too - what's not to like?

It's just a shame that I can't see that colour on their website, to get a better feel for it - any chance of some close-ups? (fnarr)

you dont see too many gold bikes

I think there might be a reason for that!

Gold bikes, makes me think of when my uncle had one of these

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I think you could get away with a gold bike if you kitted yourself out with this

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and styled your hair like this

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Now that would ooze class!

(Disclaimer: I would ride a bike whatever the colour, and used to have a mullet when at school, though not the tache and still probably couldn't grow a decent one now either).

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My '97 Explosif, still dirty from this mornings ride. Gold bikes rock. 🙂

Hmm, my ickle black steel GT Chucker that was ridden a week then stored for 6 years has some annoying rust spots and I was getting round to sorting it as I built it back up again. I think I'll paint it gold and get some decals to make it look pretty 🙂

gold powdercoat with lots of metal flake:

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