Black or White ?
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Black or White ?
Postby rabobank89 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:11 am
Silly thread but anyway...
Which do you prefer? Black saddle and bar tape or white saddle and bar tape?
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby il padrone » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:15 am
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby g-boaf » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:27 am
So black for my bike.
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Re: Black or White ?
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby bardygrub » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:31 am
Id say black on your bike looks alot better.But i personally, and on my bike prefer white. That is a great looking machine you have there! Is this why you were selling your giant? What model ridley is it? Very hot machine.rabobank89 wrote:Hey guys,
Silly thread but anyway...
Which do you prefer? Black saddle and bar tape or white saddle and bar tape?
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby drnick79 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:32 am
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby greyhoundtom » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:31 am
White with your current wheelset.........just be prepared to clean the tape after each ride, and replace every couple of months.
But............definitely black if you decide to fit a set of deep dish CF wheels, unless of course they feature huge white logos
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby le_quiet_uno » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:13 am
I never had any trouble in keeping them clean.
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Postby warthog1 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:07 pm
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Postby greyhoundtom » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:36 pm
Just carry a few disposable plastic gloves for that eventuality and they hardly take up any room in a jersey pocket.warthog1 wrote:Not only does black look better, it's going to stay looking better once you have a flat and get chain lube and road grime all over that white tape.
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby Shred931 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:31 pm
As for getting the white bar tape dirty, I suggest a clean bike, clean drive train, clean hands and pristine gloves.
Plus it looks Pro lol.
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:47 pm
The Rules wrote:Rule #8 // Saddles, bars, and tires shall be carefully matched.
Valid options are:
Match the saddle to the bars and the tires to black; or
Match the bars to the color of the frame at the top of the head tube and the saddle to the color of the frame at the top of the seat tube and the tires to the color where they come closest to the frame; or
Match the saddle and the bars to the frame decals; or
Black, black, black
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby moosterbounce » Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:13 pm
White saddle back tape
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby Crowz » Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:43 pm
Mate weren't you told as a kid don't lean things on the wall? You might scuff your bike...rabobank89 wrote:Welll I went back to white
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby paulz » Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:22 am
Yeah it gets grubby, but baby wipes on the bar tape or a little bit of detergent gets it looking good again.
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Postby greyhoundtom » Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:17 am
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:24 am
Rule 60 appliesgreyhoundtom wrote:Looks fantastic........now you just need to swap those yellow valve covers for either black or white.
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Re: Black or White ?
Postby greyhoundtom » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:12 am
That is one Rule I'm going to ignore forever, as road crud sitting around the valve stem is not real good when you pump the tyres up.Clydesdale Scot wrote:Rule 60 appliesgreyhoundtom wrote:Looks fantastic........now you just need to swap those yellow valve covers for either black or white.
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Postby birdbrain » Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:06 pm
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