Lost in colour.

[Bullet01]

Hey guys and girls. Looking for some of ya’ll opinions on a solid colour for this R800 frame that I recently stripped. Ultimately I’ll be selling this bike if it turns out as expected so thought it would be cool to see what you all prefer.

I’ve actually got the decals in black. And already purchased pewter silver paint, (which to be fair probably isn’t much different from the bare frame ) but. Having second thoughts on that colour now so need a little help.

As it’s bare and I only get one chance I would be grateful for some options. .

Just for some insight I’ve added a pic of the wheelset. (Silver/black was the original idea)

Thx for all the ideas in advance.

 

[letsbike]

Eddy Merckx and I vote Orange.
What type of components are you looking to build the bike up with?

 

[Bullet01]

I couldn’t agree more. But I also have an orange R1000 waiting to be built lol.

Sorry yes I should have said. I’ll be using Campy mirage group set that came off a cinelli. So parts are in Silver.

Sorry about the orange. I’d have said I had one but didn’t think to do so.

 

[Bullet01]

This is the Orange one. I’ll be keeping this one full original with complete Ultegra G/S. Just haven’t got the space to build another one up yet.

 

[IdahoBrett]

Blue is my favorite color. So I vote blue.

For black decals it would have to be on the lighter side of blue to show up well.

A metallic light blue would be neat. I don’t know how to paint but I think I’ve read that painting a metallic is difficult.

 

[Bullet01]

Interesting. Ok thnx for that idea. I’ll keep that in mind. The original was actually a flat blue. I was going with the same blue but could only get black decals. So it didn’t work.

 

[Jon K.]

Speed Yellow or Team Yellow would be my vote.

Mango is nice, too, but too close to the Orange, I think.

 

[letsbike]

I believe this is out of the 1995 catalog. I like the Evergreen Frost Metallic.

 

[Bullet01]

Speed Yellow or Team Yellow would be my vote.

Mango is nice, too, but too close to the Orange, I think.

Agree with the yellow. I think yellow, red or orange are the best colours for the years. However I do have a yellow R700 that I’ve just put together so want something different for this one. Good call though.

 

[Bullet01]

I believe this is out of the 1995 catalog. I like the Evergreen Frost Metallic.

Oh this is very cool. Some really nice colours there. The greens is nice. If I had silver decals that would have been the No 1 choice for sure. Just not sure it would go well with the black note though.

 

[letsbike]

That is one thing about color. You have an idea about what it will look like, but the end result is always a (pleasant) surprise.
Thanks for asking us to share in your build. I'm looking forward to the "surprise."

 

[Bullet01]

I’m sure it’ll look great no matter which way we go. Thnx for all your ideas.

I’ll be sure to post pics as it gets there.