View Poll Results: Blue or Black?
Blue
31
53.45%
Black
27
46.55%
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Frame Color
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 791
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From: Canada
Black is pretty standard for frame color, for good reasons, however painted frames even from the MoCo stand out. I also think what type of paint style you have in mind with those two colors might tend to dictate the frame color. Depends on several factors, but i say paint it blue if it works in the overall project scheme, and make that extra effort to stand out from all the black frames. In this case : your opinion is the only one that matters , not anyone on the forum.
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Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Farmington ,MS
Not really...I am building this bike to win trophies in bike shows....so my option doesn't matter as much...paint almost always wins the show...you rarely see a black bike win a bike show.
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 559
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From: Tampa Bay, Florida
I use to build custom bikes and did a blue bike with a matching blue frame. If you are never going to change the bike’s color I’d go with a blue frame. The combination looks great.
If you might change the color, think about it.
If you might change the color, think about it.
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 575
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From: SouthWestern Ontario
Custom moulded frame...show bike...let your artistic vision shine through. Attention to detail is what wins shows. I would definitely use color to my advantage in that case, even if the bike becomes "dated" in time. Some "dated" customs have become timeless beauties.
Main point is to have fun with it!
Main point is to have fun with it!
Last edited by Recycled; Jun 9, 2013 at 06:39 PM.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 424
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I say make it match your paint scheme. have it blue and black.
Blue where it meshes with blue paint on the bike and black where it meshes with black parts on the bike.
If the colors dont interlace in any point then go blue powder. It will be truly custom then and not the same boring black frame. At least people will see you put the extra effort of disassembling and going the extra mile even if the blue frame is not completely exposed.
Good luck.
Please PM a pic when you get it done.
Blue where it meshes with blue paint on the bike and black where it meshes with black parts on the bike.
If the colors dont interlace in any point then go blue powder. It will be truly custom then and not the same boring black frame. At least people will see you put the extra effort of disassembling and going the extra mile even if the blue frame is not completely exposed.
Good luck.
Please PM a pic when you get it done.
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From: Santa Cruz
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From: Florence, MT (Bitterroot Valley)
This is a simple one, especially in light of the extra info you gave us about redoing it in 5 years. BLUE! Be that one in a million bike. Why not, now that you've got it down to the bones?
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From: along the Front Range in Colorado
[QUOTE=Tom84FXST;11391597]Cost is not an issue...painting it myself....and within 5 years I will get bored and tear it down to the frame again.../QUOTE]
........ then do the Blue.
........ then do the Blue.
