I generally don't expend a lot of mental sweat on frame color, which is good since I'm somewhat color blind, but generally I don't care for orange (sorry Eddy). But I have to say that your wife's choice is pretty darned nice; it certainly would tempt me away from my current fave of sage green with cream.
On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 4:49 PM, panog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The last few days I have received a lot of compliments about the color > chosen; started with Joe, then Mark and went on and on. I must admit that > choosing the color proved for me to be the hardest part of putting the bike > together. I had all the bike features and mechanical bits figured out by > the time I filled out the RBW order forms. Color was a different story > though. I knew I wanted an orangish theme; something within the spectrum of > orange and burnt orange, with a bit of subdued sparkle but not too much. > Maybe pearl, maybe a small flake metallic. Lighter rather than darker shade > to better bring the lug details out. Trying to pick from the web published > paint charts, including the one Joe had on his website, soon proved to be > inaccurate at best. > > Discussing this dilemma with Joe it was mutually decided that the best way > to deal with this was to have actual samples painted. So I explained to him > the shade variations I was looking for and off we went with the > understanding he could adjust the mix as he saw fit. > > A week or so later I receive a package from Joe with the four samples > painted on tube segments. Now another problem surfaces. I like them all! > Some have more orange, some more brown, one is metallic, two are pearl. > They all looked very sharp and showed their unique idiosyncrasies whether > under direct sunlight or not. > > I wrestled with it for a few days, still undecided, and then I did what I > assume most males would do and asked advice from a higher authority. In my > household, the utmost authority on color selection is my wife; partly due > to her professional training, partly due to her good taste. She looked at > the samples for a few minutes and then she picked the one! All of my "what > ifs" and "what abouts" fell on deaf ears! I waited a few days and then > challenged her again on her selection, just to make sure! She was adamant > about it and she knows very very very well how anal I become with my bikes. > Judging from the responses I receive, it seems she chose right. > > Just giving credit where credit is due! > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
