3DV Purple on a 95 bike?

[jimbog]

Is it wrong or right to add purple 3DV to a 1995 bike? I’ve just taken delivery of a 95 DBR Axis TT titanium frame and can decide if the whole purple component phase had finished by then. I’m only thinking of fitting a USE seat post and a few bolts here and there. Everything else will be black.

 

[ishaw]

Yes, it's never really gone away, you can still buy hope and other purple parts today. My dbr has 3dv Paul's brakes, bolts and a headset spacer to add a bit of colour. It might also get a purple hole chain ring if I go 1x on it.

 

[markoc]

I've just thrown a load of 3dv at my Orange RX8 (c. 2014) so as far as I'm concerned why not!

 

[Imlach]

Put whatever you like on your bike.

 

[hamster]

Marin was doing purple on its bikes in 1995. So it's totally contemporary.

 

[Imlach]

And do make sure to mix the classic 3dv with some cheap modern ano bits that don't quite match to really dial in the rage bait

 

[bikeworkshop]

In Bristol it was like this:

Purple was the first commonly available anodized colour, early 90s

- by 95, other colours were available, so purple had swiftly migrated onto kids bikes and cheaper stuff, knock off kit and cheap "upgrades".

Years later purple came back into fashion as the most retro anodised colour.

There's no need to be historically accurate to the fashion of the time, and purple was easily available and abundant in 95 - but we'd have been surprised to still see it on a high end piece by then.
Quite frankly, it looked a little lame.

 

[fguki]

I am super picky when it comes to these things and yes, I definitely am part of the parts-police-squad special unit!

...BUT: dude! Put on there whatever you like! 1994 / 1995 was the absolute high time peak of people putting 20 different colors and manufacturers on their polished aluminium or Ti bike!

So...no problem at all!

 

[minor_LEGEND]

It'll look dreadful. Do it!

 

[hamster]

Some is good, more is better, too much is about right.

Enjoy, but just make sure it's not everything. The 'ano puked all over it' look isn't great - in the same way that the modern 'everything black' trend looks dreadful too.