Yes, I'm very fortunate to have some beautiful bikes. My daughter just
turned 14 (the picture is quite old). She rides a ~42 cm cross check
("ugly brown bike" according to her) and is demanding that I get her a
beautiful Betty Foy like her mom's bike (she is threatening to just steal
that bike). Maybe a Platy is calling in a few years.
Toshi
On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 4:55 AM Ryan <ryter...@mts.net> wrote:
> Especially under Eddy Merckx...I do like the orange of my 93 X0-1. Not
> sure it made ME any faster
>
> Your red Roadeo is very racy....I think you had a grassy-green custom
> built up shortly after I got mine, correct? You have some beautiful bikes
> there, also a lovely shot of your daughter beside one of your bikes. A
> future cyclist?
>
> On Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 7:38:09 PM UTC-6 ttoshi wrote:
>
>> Ryan, that's a beautiful bike. I originally wanted my Roadeo to have a
>> darker Bing cherry color, but after all these years I've had the bike, I'm
>> sure that I'm actually faster with this hotter red color. I can't argue
>> with the fact that orange is the fastest color though.
>>
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/42771204@N00/8443093499/
>>
>> Toshi
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 3:08 PM Ryan <ryte...@mts.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I do like green and Harvest Gold or mustard to you clem owners and I
>>> really like maroon with cream; one of the Roadeos had that maroon/cream
>>> colour scheme that I thought looked elegant and understated.
>>>
>>> I like maroon so much I had my 2016 custom mixte painted in that
>>> colour.
>>>
>>> Back to the wayback machine for the work-in-process minus Brooks Select
>>> and drivetrain...but you get the idea
>>>
>>> https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/grant-petersens-blog/good-reads-jr
>>>
>>> This was of course when I was still gainfully employed as a software
>>> developer and decided I should buy myself a nice retirement
>>> present...so...let's just say I pretty much went full out with the
>>> build...however the bike needs a seatpost with more setback ...so...for my
>>> birthday I ordered a lugged seatpost to replace the S83 it already has.
>>>
>>> On Monday, December 6, 2021 at 7:58:56 PM UTC-6 reynoldslugs wrote:
>>>
>>>> P.s., as shown in the pics, mine is the “official” Team Strawberry
>>>> Pancakes color scheme.
>>>>
>>>> Campana in, Testico Sicca
>>>>
>>>> Max B
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, December 6, 2021 at 5:55:54 PM UTC-8 reynoldslugs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Have fun with this. I went through the same exercise. Each of these
>>>>> suggestion thus far have merit and a certain flair.
>>>>>
>>>>> I went with the conservative, classic and relatively rare maroon and
>>>>> battleship grey:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/gp/41563482@N06/60vu9a
>>>>>
>>>>> Whatever the color, these are great bikes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Max Beach
>>>>> Santa Rosa CA
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, December 6, 2021 at 3:03:16 PM UTC-8 Kushan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rivendell used to have a AHH color called Copper Metallic
>>>>>> <http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2009/cc679-brianhanson0909.html>. Why
>>>>>> they stop carrying this color is beyond me. If I were to have any of my
>>>>>> bikes repainted, it would be this color scheme.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Monday, December 6, 2021 at 2:16:16 PM UTC-8 Matt Beecher wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are not enough purple bikes, though I read a post a while back
>>>>>>> where Rivendell recognized that. I have a purple Saluki and a purple
>>>>>>> XO-2. The purple Saluki is one of my favorites and made the rounds
>>>>>>> before
>>>>>>> I got it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is a previous owner of my Saluki, for the color.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://dr2dc.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-bike-day.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>> Matt B in Oswego, IL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Monday, December 6, 2021 at 12:29:01 PM UTC-6 bjmi...@gmail.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I’m ALL in on green bikes (or shades of green) with my Russian Sub
>>>>>>>> Green Atlantis and Sage Green Sam. If I were getting a custom or
>>>>>>>> having a
>>>>>>>> Rodeo repainted, it’d HAVE to be green with cream accents. No question.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ben, who would argue it is quite easy being green, in Omaha
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Dec 6, 2021, at 12:06 PM, David Hallerman <cycle...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> British Racing Green, or a shade lighter, with a complementary
>>>>>>>> off-white downtube panel.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Classic, and goes nicely with tanwall tires and honey shaded B.17s.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I love both seeing and imagining bicycle paint jobs. Want to make
>>>>>>>> my wife laugh? See a car color you like, and say to her “Wouldn’t that
>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>> a great downtube panel?”
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dave, *who recently got a bike whose main color is known in the
>>>>>>>> bike/car paint world as “Vanilla Shake”*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 12:25 PM Jim S. <jjsi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi, I recently obtained a used Roadeo. It needs a new paint job.
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone have opinions on the ideal colors for a Roadeo? Photos are
>>>>>>>>> encouraged, of course.
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