So what colour saddle and bar tape??

byebye

So here's my bike


now do i go all black or try break it up a bit? i have a set of graphite wheel decals so would be black on black, or could keep them as they are!

What ye think?

Chips Lovell

White for both. Matches wheels and offsets all-black frame.

Caroline_ie

Our leader is right: white and white.

byebye

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

White for both. Matches wheels and offsets all-black frame.

Ya sounds good! break up the back would be no harm!

i was selle italla sl team, which is white with red and black detail.
as for tape which white tape is best for keeping clean?

manwithaplan

Put a pair of surgical gloves into the jersey pocket for puncture repair.

Hungrycol

White & White and lose the saddle bag esp when there's a photo op

Chips Lovell

byebye wrote: »

as for tape which white tape is best for keeping clean?

Fizik Microtex. Glossy finish that's easy to wipe off.

velo.2010

I couldn't go for white bar tape. If I thought I could get away with an all black bike I'd go for it but the white saddle does look good!

byebye

velo.2010 wrote: »

I couldn't go for white bar tape. If I thought I could get away with an all black bike I'd go for it but the white saddle does look good!

White is hard to keep, but at least the canyon in the pic has white frame details which help alot i think! Time to get out the paint brush!

Captain Havoc

I thought white was always the answer anyway.

velo.2010

I know what you mean with the white decals on the frame.

Hers's LA's bike from 2004. He used 'stealthy' Project One colours in the last couple of years of his Tour wins. Black tape and saddle! Maybe that silvery flame effect could work on yours?

byebye

Haha dont think i'd be brave enough to paint it! :eek:

velo.2010 wrote: »

I know what you mean with the white decals on the frame.

Hers's LA's bike from 2004. He used 'stealthy' Project One colours in the last couple of years of his Tour wins. Black tape and saddle! Maybe that silvery flame effect could work on yours?

bedirect

i had white tape on both my bikes but changed to black, white is fine for a few weeks but when it gets dirty its terrible looking.

AstraMonti

To keep it white



5mins of rubbing and it's like new.

thebouldwhacker

byebye wrote: »

now do i go all black or try break it up a bit?
What ye think?

I think you need to read the RULES

byebye

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

I think you need to read the RULES

Well thats that then!..........its all the others i'm breaking im worried about now! :eek:

Hungrycol

velo.2010 wrote: »

WOAH, those brakes are practically in the sky! Pic taken before/after a mountain stage no doubt.

Mycroft H

byebye wrote: »

Well thats that then!..........its all the others i'm breaking im worried about now! :eek:

Rules are there to be broken, especially those ones.

Always thought white was naff. Black all the way

thebouldwhacker

Ah what do you know, I mean how can you argue against this!!!

59. The Euro Cyclist shall own a sizeable parrot and will ensure that he is seen walking around photo shoots with it perched either upon his casually outstretched index finger or upon his shoulder. Hair should be slicked back for maximal effect. The parrot should either be white or it should contain three (3) or more colors found within the World cup stripes. One must always smile when pictured with the parrot. The parrot should speak fluent Italian. In certain cases it is deemed advisable that the Euro Cyclist possess, in place of a parrot, SEVERAL young pumas.

Mycroft H

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

Ah what do you know, I mean how can you argue against this!!!

I'm sorry

53. In order to avoid the harsh European winter, one shall:
i. Flee to the warmer climates of Mallorca/South Africa/Canary Islands/etc.
ii. “Train the mind, body and soul” with Kreitler-brand rollers

Man up and put a few layers on.

byebye

BX 19 wrote: »

Rules are there to be broken, especially those ones.

Always thought white was naff. Black all the way

haha who needs fancy colours??

Mycroft H

byebye wrote: »

haha who needs fancy colours??

Any colour you want as long as its black

Get up the road

Look do the best white bar tape on the market stays clean for longest.

Very gay coversation has to be said.

studiorat

Grey. :cool:

thebouldwhacker

Get up the road wrote: »

Very gay coversation has to be said.

As opposed to a heterosexual one??

Captain Havoc

Shinny new white bar tape:


One day later:


Don't buy BBB bar tape.

thebouldwhacker

On the plus side its good to see your using the drops............

Captain Havoc

Get up the road wrote: »

Look do the best white bar tape on the market stays clean for longest.

Very gay coversation has to be said.

I have LOOK bar tape and it does stay well clean, down side is that it's not the most comfortable.

You spend time wearing tight fitting lycra, do you think that is perceived by people in general as being the most heterosexual of things to do?

Cookie_Monster

luminous pink

Donnelly117

green...lime green...
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9088/greenfizik.jpg

TopCat01

I'm sure they've been post before, but more "rules" here...

http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/

Rule #8
Saddles, bars, and tires shall be carefully matched.

Valid options are:

• Match the saddle to the bars and the tires to black; or
• Match the bars to the color of the frame at the top of the head tube and the saddle to the color of the frame at the top of the seat tube and the tires to the color where they come closest to the frame; or
• Match the saddle and the bars to the frame decals; or
• Black, black, black

dave_o_brien

Donnelly117 wrote: »

green...lime green...
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9088/greenfizik.jpg

Looks good, but is that one of Fizik's tester saddles?! In seriousness, what year frame is that Allez? Much nices than the recent ones I've seen.

OP, I have a black unbranded frame I train and commute on, and during the summer I had white tape and white saddle. It looked good. Now it has black tape and a black saddle. It still looks good. The key is to match the two. Red with red, orange with orange, baby blue with baby blue, it's all fine as long as it's consistent!

manwithaplan

dave_o_brien wrote: »

In seriousness, what year frame is that Allez? Much nices than the recent ones I've seen.

'Tis nice indeed. Definitely nicer than my 2010 model, which is a sober and respectable black but has a bowed top tube that I'm not mad about.

Bechermann

Cinelli cork bar tape in white...comfortable and (more importantly) looks great! Very happy with it so far!