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Agree with Jon about Merckx MXL's. I found at River City Cycles in Portland. It's like an old Mercedes roadster - fun, fast, and solid: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums/72157631823773929 Max B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

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Never get tired of my Molteni orange Merckx MXL (the last batch from 2005). So perfect. On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 1:13:16 PM UTC-7, velomann wrote: > > I don't currently own any orange bikes. but if I had a Molteni Merckx road > bike i can't imagine I'd ever get tired of looking at it ;-) > >

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and there is a good reason for that.everybody knows that orange is the fastest color On Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 10:31:12 AM UTC-4, Mathew Greiner wrote: > > I've owned two orange bikes and one orange couch. One was a used mountain > bike (not the couch). The shop I

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I've owned two orange bikes and one orange couch. One was a used mountain bike (not the couch). The shop I bought it from had a sign on it that said, "This is a good bike, but you should buy it because it is ORANGE!" Always fun. No regrets. On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 2:19:02 PM UTC-5, Jim S.

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In case you like games, Mark... https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202771/punderdome-card-game-pun-lovers Our friends introduced us to this last game night. I love my orange canti-Sam but don't want to. I bought it used and my wife already had a bright orange Public mixte. I've tried talking

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If I had pulled that off, it would have been positively celeste-ial. On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 6:45:08 PM UTC-4, reynoldslugs wrote: > > Mark, if you could manage to slip "celeste" into your prose, I would > personally nominate your passage for the Bulwer-Lytton fiction award. > > And

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Mark, if you could manage to slip "celeste" into your prose, I would personally nominate your passage for the Bulwer-Lytton fiction award. And seriously, that custom of Nick's is one very pretty bike. Max B On Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 5:03:05 AM UTC-7, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > Yellow

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Yellow everyone. These lovely bikes are making me green with envy, and a bit blue, which of course will not win me any brownie points. I hope my purple prose isn't making folks red in the face, but I did want to say that I had a choice between orange or black when I bought my Clementine, chose

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Here's a few pictures I took of the bike when I first built it up: http://www.users.on.net/~njpayne/bikestuff/riv/ On 6/05/2017 4:43 AM, Patrick Moore wrote: > I don't really care for orange, even though Eddy rode orange (which is > why he will never be surpassed and why Velominati exists). But

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I like my orange Rambouillet for the most part. It's very distinctive and unique. Sometimes I do get tired of the creamsicle colour; it does sometimes feel a bit dated and it doesn't match all my clothing. I have thought at times about a repaint in a more neutral tone. Then I think about how

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+1 for Jock's Ebisu. Twins, seperated at birth (at Jitensha Design): https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums/72157632906410829 On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 1:56:44 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Orange Ebisu? APPROVE > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

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No kidding. That's there's a major looker. The only thing I'd change about that rig is whose garage it slept in. Jeff Hagedorn Los Angeles, CA USA On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 1:56:44 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Orange Ebisu? APPROVE > > On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 1:47:41 PM UTC-7, Jock

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Orange Ebisu? APPROVE On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 1:47:41 PM UTC-7, Jock Dewey wrote: > > Hey, EddyBOBs: > > Love this orange more and more, hour by hour, day by day, week by week, > year by year. > > Just simply can't get enough riding or admiring or polishing or showing > off. No apologies

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I'll forgive you the orange for the Della Santa. On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Addison Wilhite wrote: > I have my Molteni orange Della Santa and it just makes me happy gazing at > that color. I just posted some photos of spring cleaning it: > >

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I don't really care for orange, even though Eddy rode orange (which is why he will never be surpassed and why Velominati exists). But this dark cinnamon orange -- now that is just *too* pretty for a bike! Care to show a a pic of the whole thing? And I thought desert sage green with cream was the

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I have my Molteni orange Della Santa and it just makes me happy gazing at that color. I just posted some photos of spring cleaning it: http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2017/05/what-spring-cleaning-means-to-cyclist.html I also own the Burnt Orange Riv Allrounder and it's such a warm caramel

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Ryan and Rene: I wonder how the tandem orange compares to the Cheviot and the Sam Hilborne orange. Rene says that's it's creamsicle orange. Is that the same as one of the oranges already out there? On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 10:15:31 AM UTC-5, Ryan Thompson wrote: > > No and I have two, a

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My wife and I decided last year to treat ourselves to nice new rides -- she got an orange Bombadil, and I got an orange BMC monstercross. We are both still tickled with the colours, one year on. They both look sharp! (When I had Gilles Bertrand build me a bike back in 1999 I got to pick the

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No and I have two, a Cheviot and Sam Hillborne. Although I may have overdone it with ordering our HHH in orange. Ryan On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 3:19:02 PM UTC-4, Jim S. wrote: > > Obviously a highly subjective question, but I like hearing the opinions on > this board. The question: for

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I have a new(er) Sam in orange. I really like it. I have cream colored tires on it and it is very striking if I may say so. On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 10:59:33 AM UTC-4, anniebikes wrote: > > I badly wanted an orange Clementine, but sadly the color was discontinued > when I ordered. I chose

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If anything, owning such a nice looking orange bike (Rambouillet) has made me a bigger fan of the color. I seek/admire other orange bikes and have orange and orange trimmed gear (jersey, helmet, etc) On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 3:19:02 PM UTC-4, Jim S. wrote: > > Obviously a highly

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I badly wanted an orange Clementine, but sadly the color was discontinued when I ordered. I chose blue over mustard because I felt it would have staying power with me. The blue, IMO, is just okay. I still want an orange bike! On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 3:19:02 PM UTC-4, Jim S. wrote: > >

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Loved the old Rambouillet orange and the first generation Sam orange, but have not yet warmed to the new Sam orange, which looks more like a dull pumpkin orange to me. I'd not get tired of a really nice orange. Nor would I get tired of a really nice racing green, like some of the Riv customs

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Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse. But in spite of that French saying, I've had an orange Riv custom for the past 16 years or so and the colour hasn't yet palled: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

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Depends on the shade of orange. Burnt orange (darkish, like the Harley orange) gets old for me. The old Chevy Camaro orange looked great at first but bland after the proverbial thousand days of sun. Even Eddie's Molteni orange loses its luster over time. Brighter oranges not so much due to a

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Not a Riv but a fairly recent purchase of a 92' rock lobster mtb is very well liked and looks really good all the time! Chris F Sunnyside, NY On Thursday, 4

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I have blue in my Homer (now my son's, just so I can keep it around for a while), light blue in the Cheviot (love it), Atlantis green, so unique I could never have it repainted any different, silver in my custom, and now creamsickle orange in the Hubbuhubbuh, which for a very long while I debated

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thanks Ryan, but those three Cielo's are not mine - I posted them as a favor to the boys in the shop. If anyone wants an very nice deal on a pretty blue Cielo, Nor Cal is asking $2k for this one - well built, with matching fenders:

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You certainly have a stunning collection of bikes there and , amazingly, it looks like you ride them all. Sheesh I didn't count them Me, only one orange bike...my 1993 Bridgestone X0-1 which I bought in Sept 1993. Surprisingly the paint is not in bad nick On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 4:11:05 PM

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Orange is a great color. I ride an orange Rambouillet, a 1973 Paramount in Kool Orange; a Merckx MX leader (Molteni orange), and an orange Ebisu. Each looks great ATMO, I love riding them and sure don't tire of the color. The bright "kool orange" of the Paramount draws a lot of

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If you don't love a color let it go, choose another one. If you want some variety in a color, get one that is more color-shifty in various light conditions like one with metallic flakes of your favorite color. On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 3:19:02 PM UTC-4, Jim S. wrote: > > Obviously a

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I don't currently own any orange bikes. but if I had a Molteni Merckx road bike i can't imagine I'd ever get tired of looking at it ;-) Mike On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 12:19:02 PM UTC-7, Jim S. wrote: > > Obviously a highly subjective question, but I like hearing the opinions on > this board.

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Orange being my favorite color, I actively seek them out. Not sure what I miss most about my old LeMond Poprad, the ride or the paint. FWIW, I get tired of blue bikes the easiest and the soonest. Jeff "Two Blue Bikes At The Moment" Hagedorn Los Angeles, CA USA -- You received this message

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A tandem is definitely a different question, IMO. I personally could never have too many orange bikes, but I chose the sage for my HubbuHubbuH. A tandem is more everything, to me, so I tone everything down. My previous tandem was cream. BL/EC On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 12:30:39 PM

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On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 12:19:02 PM UTC-7, Jim S. wrote: > > Obviously a highly subjective question, but I like hearing the opinions on > this board. The question: for long-term owners of orange bikes, do you find > yourself getting sick of orange after a while, more so than with other >

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I have an orange 1971 Gitane Tour de France, an orange Schwinn SuperSport, a metallic orange Sam Hillborne and am awaiting an orange Hubbuhubbuh, So in a word, no. On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 3:19:02 PM UTC-4, Jim S. wrote: > Obviously a highly subjective question, but I like hearing the

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My Hunqapillar has a few spots of orange somewhere next the the mostly gray, all of it under the mud somewhere. I barely see it when I'm not on the bike and I don't see it at all when I'm on the bike. How exactly would I get sick of it? Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at

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That's really the question. I'm wondering if an orange doesn't look great at first, but then become loud and annoying over time. I've got an orange tandem on order. I like how it looks now (from the photos). Hoping the orange has staying power. On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-5,

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I do not find myself getting sick of orange after a while, less so than with other colors. Is that really your question, or are you trying to tell us something? Bill 'three orange bikes at the moment' Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 12:19:02 PM UTC-7, Jim S. wrote: > >