Frankly To, the black that is shown in the photos all works. While I'm generally a fan of complimentary colors, with all the black parts you have, but especially with the saddle, bars and stem, keeping the bars black is the way to go. Adding colored tape would just look out of place.
On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:28:05 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > Tom, I’m still elated there will be another Platypus on our Michigan Riv > Rides this season. Ok, I have your color of Platy and I did it up with > greens and golds. Do you think lime bar tape would be too far out there? A > combo of lime and aqua might be really smashing. But I do like a LOT of > color…Here’s my mermaid, in many shades of green, plus golds, for reference: > > [image: 775A4FF0-C2EA-4503-820B-78105239203D.jpeg] > > > > > [image: B5F71A08-B421-4DF0-A6A4-EE14E3A3A7DF.jpeg] > > > On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 10:59:54 AM UTC-5 Tom Palmer wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I am getting the mermaid Platypus dialed in and wanting tape for the >> hooks of the flipped VO Granola bars. I have Celeste green Newbaums and >> some bright blue padded bar tape. I haven't been this particular of any >> bike in my long bike history, but this one definitely deserves the >> attention. I could just go black to match the bars also. I will be >> finishing out the all black build this weekend. Picture attached in studded >> tire ice road mode. >> I have no real imagination with this stuff, so any ideas are greatly >> appreciated. >> Tom Palmer >> Twin Lake, MI >> > -- 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/02e519c5-239f-4360-b1f4-6c1250f900a6n%40googlegroups.com.
