I call those "secret black" bikes. From 20 feet away it looks black, but when you are up close or riding it there's a secret. Pearl or metallic or something or some way it reacts to the sun. A well-done secret black bike could be fun.
On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 8:28:51 AM UTC-7, Leslie wrote: > > Mi dos centavos... > > If black, go glossy, perhaps pearly. Matte black, it might have its > place, but for a Riv, if black, I think glossy would be better. > > Olive drab, I can understand it being flat. But, it's possible to have a > pearl/eggshell that I think would be better than a pure flat. > > An aside: old story on myself: I had read the word "khaki", but hadn't > realized I'd heard it: we were on a family vacation, and I happened to see > a shirt I wanted, and asked about it... problem what, I was trying to > pronounce it more like "ka-HEEK-ee", instead of "KAHK-he", so no one knew > what color I was trying to describe. Alternate aside: am I weird for > only using khaki to describe tan or beige, and if it goes green, I call it > olive or olive drab, but not khaki? Maybe it's the former Marine in me, > but OD and khaki get paired a lot..... red and OD, too (I wear my OD > Musa shorts w/ red t-shirts all the time)... anywho, I'm almost always in > khaki Carhartts or Dockers, to the point that my kids call me "Khaki > Man". It's *so* bad, my daughter found some nail-polish called "Captain > Khaki" and bought a bottle of it for me... it's now on the shelf next to > my orange, blue, and green nail-polishes that go w/ my bikes, though I > don't suppose I'll ever have a use for khaki polish... but it's now a > keeper... > > Anywho.... > > My vote is for an olive-drab in eggshell w/ a cream headtube, though a > pearl black wouldn't be bad.... > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 10:42:21 AM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: >> >> I knew I wouldn't be disappointed by a lack of opinions! A few quick >> comments: >> >> 1) Grants says "any color headtube as long as it's cream" (or the same >> color as the rest of the bike) >> >> 2) the diminutive frame size, the diagatube and tentacular stays, and my >> request for a fork that'll take 55mm tires all combined are a design >> challenge worthy of the designer! last report was "it's like fitting four >> balls into three and a half holes." Keep your fingers crossed on that >> front. >> >> keep your suggestions coming! >> > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
