Two favorites, yes the original Ram orange. And, the original slightly metallic deep blue on the Legolas. Stunning. Mike "sparkly white blue accent Roadeo" SLO CA On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 7:05:09 PM UTC-7 Bikie#4646 wrote:
> Eric, > I seem to recall being attracted to the "Butterscotch" Saluki (?) way back > when. Though I'm not sure I ever saw one in the wild. I do like the > metallics being used now, at least what I see online. Like the new light > metallic yellow on the Homer (or Sam's?). Hard to keep up. > I must say though, when it came time to purchase a new Sam for a dedicated > touring bike back in 2015 or so, i opted for Black & Cream like yours. I > knew how a touring bike could take a beating. And despite being a fine > artist who has a huge stash of model car paints to mix almost exact colors, > given enough time, I have never been stumped worse than trying to touch up > my first early model metallic orange Sam. I think it was a two-stage paint > (transparent orange over metallic gold?). That proved impossible for me to > match to my liking. > Paul Germain > Midlothian, Va. > > On Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 4:39:48 PM UTC-4 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hello friends — I've noticed that over the past few years Rivendell have >> been using some of the same paint colors on many frames through several >> production runs. If there's been a discussion of this practice, I've missed >> it. >> >> I can't quite put my finger on it but something about the same paint >> appearing on frames over and over leaves me scratching my head. Perhaps >> there's a missed opportunity to pin a color to a model or to cycle in new >> colors with new batches of frames? >> >> What do other members think? Do you appreciate the same colors appearing >> on different frames? Do you wish there was a wider variety of colors? Does >> it matter at all? >> >> Some of these colors I like quite a lot, others I appreciate. There isn't >> one that I dislike. The Lime Olive is always striking when it appears on a >> new frame, love it on the Hillbornes and Clems. >> >> The harvest gold, wow, looks killer on those Susies. Blew my mind on the >> Homers because they've always been a blue bike. >> >> I do miss the mustard from the older Appaloosas and the dark bronze that >> appeared on some Clems. These two colors paired with some of the newer >> colors currently in use demonstrate, I think, that Riv has some of the best >> paint colors in the biz. Really lovely stuff. >> >> Here's a far-from-complete list more or less off the top of my head of >> where current production colors have appeared: >> >> *Lime-olive* >> Platypus >> Susie >> Hillborne >> Clem >> >> *Mermaid* >> Appaloosa >> Platypus >> Roadini >> Gus >> >> *Harvest/Dark Gold* >> Hillborne >> Homer >> Susie >> >> *Ana Purple* >> Rosco Plat >> Appaloosa (next batch in 2023?) >> Road Uno or Gallop? (I can't remember but thought the purple was slated >> for one of these frames) >> >> *RBW Orange* >> Appaloosa >> Roadini >> Gus >> >> *RBW Blue* >> Too many to list? >> Appaloosa >> Clem >> Hillborne >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/55d1384f-bf5c-4b95-a116-fc7ad1910d74n%40googlegroups.com.
