The palm green is a great color for a trail bike and one I've considered should I ever strip down and repaint a frame. This is a great reference palette Jared, very cool idea!
On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 1:35:38 PM UTC-4 Jason Fuller wrote: > Why have I never thought about this?!?! I have been obsessed with PG/SG > buses since the late 90's. Fantastic idea Jared. > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:33 AM Jared Wilson <duh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've been thinking about this a lot and I feel that pretty much any >> color/s from the air-cooled Volkwagen days would lend themselves nicely to >> a Rivendell. >> >> Paint colors/codes can be found at the bottom of each page linked below >> >> Volkswagen Bug Colors >> <https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodestype1.php> >> >> Volkswagen Bus Colors >> <https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/colorstype2.php> >> >> Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Colors >> <https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodesghia.php> >> >> Some of my favorites include: >> >> Palm Green/Sand Green >> >> [image: 4007777984_73b64d038b_z.jpg] >> >> Chesnut Brown/Sealing Wax Red >> >> [image: 39612e47333dacd57aca803ed674551a.png] >> >> Sea Blue/Blue White >> >> [image: IMG_0035_3.JPG] >> >> >> Mango Green/Seagull Gray >> >> [image: 177478.jpg] >> >> >> On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 10:16:18 AM UTC-7 Jason Fuller wrote: >> >>> Eric - It was an early production color, err, finish to my knowledge - >>> not that there were many built with any one finish based on production >>> numbers and variety of colors they came in! This is all stuff I've learned >>> in the past six months though and my Bomba-knowledge is barely paint-deep, >>> because in 2009 when this bike was built I was too annoyed by the lack of >>> geometry info to consider a Rivendell and stuck to my Surlys, Somas and >>> Salsas of the era haha >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:07 AM Eric Marth <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Perhaps I missed something here in this thread and my at-large Bombadil >>>> knowledge is definitely lacking but what's the story with the finish in >>>> the >>>> first place? Was this a prototype? >>>> >>>> On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 6:08:50 PM UTC-4 Jason Fuller wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yeah the low-keyness of the current raw finish is a pretty big plus in >>>>> that regard, as I do have to lock it up around town - the orange of my >>>>> Sam >>>>> certainly causes some additional fear when I lock it up out of sight >>>>> (which >>>>> isn't very often) >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 2:59 PM Chris L <clam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It might be sacrilege, but if I ever decided to change the color of >>>>>> my Hunqapillar, I would have it powder coated dull black. Deciding to >>>>>> change the color would be an indication that it's a "forever" bike for >>>>>> me >>>>>> and I want it to look as generic as possible. Just a personal >>>>>> preference. >>>>>> >>>>>> However, there are other Riv's and other non-Riv's that interest me, >>>>>> so for now, it stays dolphin gray and orange. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 12:55:00 PM UTC-5 Jason Fuller wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Blue Lug's sense of style is unparalleled! Yeah that's gorgeous. >>>>>>> Eric has a good point too - and, something that I think about is that a >>>>>>> proper quality paint job will be minimum one-third the value of the >>>>>>> frame >>>>>>> itself, when I could just put that towards an actual frame and preserve >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> Bombadil's original finish... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Good chance I've been talked out of ever painting it, despite the >>>>>>> high quality options given. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>> the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/7tZ6ipzxckw/unsubscribe >>>>>> . >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a873b7b3-4169-46eb-88dd-70d9600e5720n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a873b7b3-4169-46eb-88dd-70d9600e5720n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/7tZ6ipzxckw/unsubscribe >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/86f953d1-5a99-4362-b4c6-a616cf41bea6n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/86f953d1-5a99-4362-b4c6-a616cf41bea6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/7tZ6ipzxckw/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/566e0bf4-fabe-48a7-9222-198a9ce01f1cn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/566e0bf4-fabe-48a7-9222-198a9ce01f1cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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