Custom frame and fork - but what paint?

[ededwards]

Have you visited Bikecad.ca?

I have now and am rather taken with a navy/yellow combination is some sort of not quite right Gitane homage.

 

[cce]

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I use the bike builder on the Mercian site to mock up colours.

 

[Hillwalker]

+1 for the Mercian bike specifier - very helpful

HW

 

[ededwards]

Thanks for the Mercian tip, really easy to use but my head is spinning with options now (lime green and bright pink?).

 

[Elev12k]

Bleu orange - diffenately

After the cars of the Alpine squad

..and of course this team

 

[Ideale]

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Orange.I have a 753 custom frame in pearl orange with polished stainless lugs and Athena group set.Can't understand why anyone would want a black bike!

 

[oonaff]

mm chromed lugs to the head tube. sound good,they also sound expensive.

 

[CTK]

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Merlot and pink sounds good to me.

 

[pigman]

I've always loved the 80s Splendor bikes - mid blue with yellow panels

 

[CTK]

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Is the frame going to be lugged? Steel forks?