Re: [RBW] Re: Frame color!

Purty! On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 2:23 PM John Philip wrote: > Here's Quickbeam green and a couple of blues. > > On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 10:56:02 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Chauncey just texted me saying that the powder coater is out of the >> near-match to the "sage green" that Jo

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My Legolas painted "Redwood" green. My AHHH painted "Grilver" On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 5:05:07 PM UT

[RBW] Re: Frame color!

The Rivendell Redwood was painted an interesting green, sort of a darker sage: https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/rivendell-redwood-21911 On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 7:56:02 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Chauncey just texted me saying that the powder coater is out of the > near-match to the

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Here's Quickbeam green and a couple of blues. On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 10:56:02 AM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Chauncey just texted me saying that the powder coater is out of the > near-match to the "sage green" that Joe Bell used for my 2003 custom -- > frame later modified by Chaunc

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That's very close to the color of the SimpleOne. On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 9:03:04 AM UTC-7, Jason Fuller wrote: > > Myself, I'd probably want to paint it after a classic bike I've been > inspired by (Riv or not) so the colour has context, rather than just one I > like the look of. > > But w

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I'll gush... I agree about the classy classic black with white details. Semigloss even better. Those Rivs with can hang out with the classics. There was a Rosco Bubbe that had something like a flat sage green that I liked a lot. The flat/matte finish is like the gray that comes to mind when

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a dusty light-red (also known as a dusty pink) would look very good with red accents and bags, same amount of white in it as the sage blue, a touch of blue to cool it down to pastel, a hint of black to mute it. 80% white, 14% red, 2% blue 4% black. Think about it, it's foolproof. On Satur

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On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 9:56:02 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Chauncey just texted me saying that the powder coater is out of the > near-match to the "sage green" that Joe Bell used for my 2003 custom -- > frame later modified by Chauncey with the color in the photo below. > > I've

Re: [RBW] Re: Frame color!

The reason black, silver, battleship gray and a dull finish sage green work so well with silver components is basically what Trace Adkins said here : /Her Favorite Color is Chrome/ On 4/18/20 5:54 PM, somervillebikes wrote: Patrick, After s

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Patrick, After seeing some of the examples posted, I'm really digging silver and battleship gray. If your powder coater can in fact get you the green you want (sage, you said?), then obviously that's best. I've found it's very hard to imagine a color on a bike from a paint chip. Something abo

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My Sam came in Sage, and I like it. I get compliments, so others think it is a good color as well. But if I was doing a custom repaint I’d go for 1968 Camaro Rally Green. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-chevrolet-camaro-32/ I used to paint my Nash Metropolitans this color. It wouldn’t go

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Thanks, all, some good suggestions and some good advice about thinking this through -- which is my purpose in asking such questions, since I do know my own tastes. Actually, while I don't really like black or gray for frames, I have owned several glossy black bikes that looked good; in fact, my fi

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Battleship grey. The kind they paint industrial machinery. Goes with anything. Easily touched up with paint available everywhere. (I wouldn't like it, but you might. My favorite for bike frames is gloss black - black w/ white highlights on head tube, etc. is even better) On Saturday, April 1

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Thanks, Steve. I think I recall the color; in fact, I think my family had a Type 3 station wagon for a while in that color, but that was circa 1970 and too long ago to recall the color clearly (I do recall that at 5K+ feet with a 50 HP carburetted engine and 3 speed automatic, it couldn't get out o

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Patrick, One of the great attributes of Sage Green is its subtlety compared to purer colors -- red, blue, yellow, etc. A color that has a similar quality that you may have already considered is a light beige -- sort of the color of VW Beetles of long ago. I loved Beetles of this color. I loo