Help me pimp my bike

[TheJimi]

I'm probably gonna get banned from this forum for posting st stuff...

If you're willing to indulge me, I want to add some "pop" to the bike - it's all bit muted and subdued for my tastes. So far, I've been thinking gold bottle cages. Possibly yellow? My imagination is kinda failing me here a bit!

Here's the bike (this isn't *MY* bike, just for illustrative purposes)



Close-up of the colour -

Edited by TheJimi on Tuesday 13th April 21:04

[trails]

That's a lovely colour, personally I'd lose the tan-wall tyres and black out everything to make the most of the pretty frame colour...potentially not the most helpful suggestion given your post, but highly colour coded (especially purple-vomit) bikes look a bit naff in my eyes

[TheJimi]

The tan sidewalls is the aspect that allows me to live with the otherwise boring colour scheme

They're staying!

Edited by TheJimi on Friday 26th March 15:53

[lauda]

Under no circumstances get rid of the tan sidewalled tyres! Everyone knows tan tyres look pro and therefore make your bike faster.

I’ve got a few gold accents on my bike. KMC chain, JRC stem cap, computer mount and jockey wheels and Supacaz black and gold bottle cages. Enough to lift things a bit without being OTT, in my opinion.

[trails]

TheJimi said:

The tan sidewalls is the aspect that allows me to live with the otherwise boring colour scheme

They're staying!

Edited by TheJimi on Friday 26th March 15:53

[MC Bodge]

Gold vinyl wrap on frame.

[Neil1323bolts]

Bar tape in a silver or grey , second thoughts maybe not , tan to match the tyres ?

[TheJimi]

Neil1323bolts said:

Bar tape in a silver or grey , second thoughts maybe not , tan to match the tyres ?

Aha! Good call, didn't think of that.

[defblade]

That colour is beautiful. Tell you what, just give your bike to me, save you the terrible strain of having to look at it


Actually, as above - tan bar tape, maybe tan saddle.
It's a classy colour, so I reckon "loud" accessories will look dreadful. Gold might work, but you'll need to extend to at least the chain, and there'll be a fine line overall between tasteful vs tasteless (or wow vs whoops).

In the meantime, a wash, clay polish and wax, then only ever ride it on sunny days so the flake in the paint really sparkles

[RC1807]

Neil1323bolts said:

Bar tape in a silver or grey , second thoughts maybe not , tan to match the tyres ?

Yep, bar tape in tan. Changing bar tape completely changes the look of a bike, IMO.

[TheJimi]

See, this is why I asked!

Right, I'll bin the gold details idea and go with tan bar tape. Only snag is, I've never applied bar tape before.

If I fk this up, I'm blaming you lot.

Edited by TheJimi on Saturday 27th March 09:52

[AJB88]

Similar situation myself, my Giant Revolt is very boring.

[RC1807]

Look up a video to get an idea of the best application. I must admit I cocked up a couple of rolls of bar tape in my yoof by going too quickly.

[sam.rog]

I would look at silver parts instead of gold. Will look classy as apposed to trashy.
I agree on tan bar tape and a classic tan seat.

[Simes205]

Browse the Hope website.

[IroningMan]

Flip the stem over and put the spacers under it, not on top of it like they are now - you should be able to get the bars in more or less exactly the same place but it'll look much better.

Colour-matched seatclamp, headset spacers and bottle cages.

[TheJimi]

That isn't *my* bike, I just used the photos to illustrate. The spacers on mine aren't on top - I couldn't handle the aesthetics of that!

[mie1972]

If changing the bar tape to tan, I would also change the saddle to tan as well.

Charge spoon saddle in Tan is a budget option. I did this to my winter bike a few years ago.

[mikey P 500]

My road bike also with brown/tan bar tape and seat. (Needed bar tape for new bars and already had seat from another bike)). Does look nice/on retro trend with with tan wall tyres.

[Louis Balfour]

TheJimi said:

I'm probably gonna get banned from this forum for posting st stuff...

If you're willing to indulge me, I want to add some "pop" to the bike - it's all bit muted and subdued for my tastes. So far, I've been thinking gold bottle cages. Possibly yellow? My imagination is kinda failing me here a bit!

Here's the bike -



Close-up of the colour -

Personally I think it looks great as it is. But if you don't like it:




You're welcome.