Patrick, you become the most popular rider when your bike is orange! Everyone (of a certain age) who knows bikes knows Molteni orange, it is evocative. Here's an article that sort of relays the events and the sense of respect that the color earned. https://www.prendas.co.uk/blogs/news/molteni-arcore-cycling-team
My orange Rambouillet hasn't that sort of heritage and is limited to what it is (not a racing bike) and when it was made (2000-when it was hard to find tires>25mm). A slim basis for what I have experienced in response when riding it. My wife commented during our Ride the Five Boros event in NYC of how sour the faces of all the CFRP riding, team kitted folks around us were when bystanders or other riders commented on my bike, how well it fit me or even recognized and called it out as a "Rivendell Rambouillet". They and their bikes, of whatever cost, were undistinguishable ubiquity in the sea of bikes and riders. My orange lugged steel bike with its cream colored headtube and hammered Honjos was drawing the attention. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 2:55:28 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > I can tell that this is a popular topic! I guessed it would be, which is > why I posted the question here instead of on the iBoblist. > > Thanks all. I will peruse the samples, select the few favorites, and > forward to Chauncey with instructions to come as close to any of the short > list as can be done. > > So far, Molteni Orange is the favorite. Weth, the orange on your wife's > bike is beautiful, but it's a wee bit too brilliant for my own taste in > what I imagine an orange bike should be. Joe: If I am seeing the orange > that you recommend, it's a wee bit too dark compared to the ideal in my > imagination. > > My bias probably results, now that I think of it, from having a > long-buried image of Molteni Orange in my imagination. > > Garth, thanks for the code. > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 11:23 AM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The photo shows the old Libertas 531 frame that Chauncey just took for >> refurbishment: add modern tt brake housing stops, dt housing stops for bar >> end shifters, and over-the-bb f and r derailleur cable guides. Odd, the >> rear is already spaced at 130 -- this is a bike from the 1970s, so someone >> altered it in the meanwhile. >> >> I've decided I need an orange bike, So, to the question: What shade of >> orange do y'all recommend? The orange on the panels looks rather muted, >> don't you think? >> >> This looks deeper, but between my bad color vision and even a HD monitor, >> who knows; what do you think? >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> This looks similar: somehow "deeper" than the original orange on the >> panels: >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> Chauncey delivered the Pseudo Riv just now; still need to hook up shifter >> (probably old trigger shifter under right brake lever, which means I'll >> have to untape that side of the bar; hate taping bars). And I have to mount >> a tire on the rear wheel, then adjust the shifting for the AM hub. Will >> post photos then. >> >> Also to come, photos of the 2003 Curt custom road (fixed gear modifed by >> Dave and Chauncey) which I am selling. >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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/f95bbd56-77ce-4d3c-b750-059710ea4160n%40googlegroups.com.
