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mr crouwel, mr brockmann and mr hoffmann would probably never run type in a circle. mr weingart would (if he is drunk maybe)

love it. just the wording could do with a little bit more letter space. Always good with all upper case, especially when arranged within a circle.

talking of bike porn...

On my frame we just tape off the chrome bits. Apparently chrome will not be affected when baking a powdercoat as it would need higher temperature. From what I know they dip the frame into a chrome bath so I suppose it will not be a 100% accurate line where it meets with the powdercoat. Therefore I would think they do the chrome first and the powdercoat afterwards. Originally there was a bit of thin tape on my frame between powdercoat and chrome section.

Nice job the sparkly finish. But for my everyday bike it would be a bit too fancy. I am already happy if I get the colour right as I quite like that bike. Lots of happy fixed gear moments on it.

I am not too much in favor of condor, but not sure if I fully understand what is an independent bike shop and what isn't? Sure Evans isn't, they are obviously part of a chain and mostly interested in reaching their sales target.

love those flamboyant colours if they are subtle and not the total pimp my ride effect. But keep that option for a real fancy bike in the near future.
so what you think, light 60's beetle blue or darker kingfisher blue?

agree CONDOR, always busy, not the cheapest, they make mistakes as well as everyone but at least they know what they are talking about. Always had good custome service in there.

I don't think armortex can do sparkle. Do you like the kingfisher better than the light blue? Origininal inspiration was 60's beetle.

thats what it is at the moment. Maybe a bit more blue and less yellow than kingfisher...

wayne_f14 pearlescent takes he hard edge off the white and gives it a bit of depth, more like the colour of mik

the mercian kingfisher flamboyant is a gorgeous colour

mercian colours

kingfisher is quite a bit darker than what I had in mind, isn't it? Not bad neither. almost what it is at the moment. Whats your off white colour on the mercian chart?

I had a feeling that this might turn into nonsense at some point.
its serious!!!

wayne_f14 [quote]hippy Blue for sure. White bikes are common as muck and boring. Sorry white bike owners but it's true! :P
Just make the blue different to Pompino otherwise you'll be confused for a practical, mud-guard using off roader or something :)

common - how dare you madam!

if you weren't a lady i'd take you outside and and you'd feel the cold hard steel of my duelling cutlass[/quote]

I like Waynes new Mercian colour. That would be my alternative to blue. Maybe a sligtly little bit litghter (hard to tell from the pics)

fixer I'd say do your own thing, who gives a **** about other bikes, we're not talking about fashion, init, or are we?

Think about the time when you've seen a bike and thought "wow! that's a great colour, I wished my bike had the same colour", then that's the colour you want.

that must have been the time when I stopped looking at girls on the street and started looking at bikes. so instead of blond, black, brunette its now a range of about a million colours...

edmundane looks like it came back to blue then.
thought you were taking it down to armortex the other day... changed your mind?

i avoided white as well... but i still think the off white is good. it goes to show all the white bikes out there what's the cool new white.

i saw jimmy's white nagasawa today at herne hill. jaw-dropping!

got delayed due to some technical problems with getting stuff of the frame which unfortunately gave me more time to think. Blue in the lead so far. off white still a possibility. cherry ripe definite no no.

Stef http://www.pedalmafia.com/mafid/mafia_id.html

didn't actually know that site. did my colour experiments in photoshop as I couldn't remember where the image came from. Thanks

Thanks, keep comments comming. I have until monday eveening to wreck my brain.

my other bikes are:

• red (fixed, itca track)
  
• black (road, condor italia)
  
• light blue/light yellow (road, colnago)
  

colours?

actual frame photoshopped (all parts will change)

Getting my frame re-sprayed on tuesday. Never thought its so difficult to make a simple colour decission. Got stuck and keep annoying my bike friends (and everyone else). Need your valued opinions. will count votes.

bike: unknown french track frame, crome bits, will have sugino 75, miche hubs, front brake, curved handle bar.

colour option 1: slightly darker white (kind of cream or off-white), possibly mat silver deep V's
colour option 2: light sea blue (bit lighter than the On-One and touch more jellow-ish rather than baby blue), possibly with white deep V's

Always liked that blue and always wanted white as well but thinking if I reserve white for my dream keirin bike to come in the future sometime. This frame is more my everyday ride, nothing too special.
I post some photoshop impressions.

ed, yes those guys are dodgy. bought my blue frame off them bit more than a year ago. apart from the lousy paintjob without undercoating, the hole for front break was not drilled straight which caused me problems. Then Odge just found out that the headset/fork was kind of loose. I am crab with mechanics (which is why he is working on it now and not me). Anyway, all those little balls which were meant to be contained just fell out.
I think what you get from those guys at best is a frame in need of a respray. All the parts they put on there are rubbish and potentially dangerous. Still, I rode this pile of junk for over a year and must admit I loved it. Which is why its getting a complete makeover now by expert hands.

As far as I know there are also books and CD's with body parts. Try Dover bookshop in Covent Garden.

forgot: that first comment was referring to cycleguard

thing to remember is that they will ask for receipts. As I understand they define the bike as the frame. I called them and asked if I can insure one of my bikes. told them the frame is second hand and I don't have receipts. But the parts were all new and I have receipts for those. They said that would not work and they won't insure it.

Home insurances often attempt to 'replace' the bike with a 'comparable model'. But what in Evans is reperable to a personal build bike? Laughable. But the pay up if you give them pressure and refuse the 'comparable model'.

Personal accident insurances are great. I had one from Germany which I almost forgot and which cost me very little. When I broke my sholder 2 years ago they paid some serious cash. You have to wait a year and they assess the remaining damage but it makes up for the suffering. Not suggesting you should crash for making a living out of it.

So far my experience with insurances.

bugger, I would love to come but my misses has a day off and she will kill me if I go riding. Maybe I can set her up with a girlfriend for some shoe shopping and sneak away but chances are slim.