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kelownagirl
05-17-2008, 09:53 AM
Can I have some sort of custom detailing done on a carbon frame, either paint or decals? I don't love the colour of the bike I'm thinking about buying and I want to jazz it up a bit with a few swooshes of colour.
BleeckerSt_Girl
05-17-2008, 10:02 AM
Sparkly handlebar streamers? ;)
VeloVT
05-17-2008, 10:04 AM
do tell us which bike you've chosen :D!
lauraelmore1033
05-17-2008, 10:21 AM
Dh recently bought a 2007 Roubaix with a mostly carbon frame. It came with several decals (swooshes and chevrons) and they are, to put it kindly, not very impressive; the bigger ones look like they are about to peel up and almost all of them have a "crackled" look to them that I don't think is intentional. This leads me to believe that either they don't stick very well, or that they are very difficult to apply (even for the pros).
SouthernBelle
05-17-2008, 02:07 PM
I just went and looked at the detailing on my clear-coated carbon frame and it looks like the white and orange is under the clear coat.

As far as the color, is the new frame painted? If so it would be a matter of how the decals stuck to the paint and the carbon would not be relevant, I think.
kelownagirl
05-17-2008, 03:30 PM
Sparkly handlebar streamers? ;)

Oooh, that would be fun!
kelownagirl
05-17-2008, 03:35 PM
do tell us which bike you've chosen :D!

Well since posting that this morning, I went to the LBS so Dh could try the Madone and surprise, surprise, they actually had a Madone 5.1 in! A month ago I had been told that trek had stopped production and we wouldn't be getting any more in Canada at all. So I had given up on that one and had focussed on the Ruby Expert instead. (Which I like but not the colour...). Anyway, I took the 4.7 out for a spin to see how the fit was and now I just have to decide if I want the 4.7 or the 5.1 which they can get in for me within the week if I want. The 5.1 has OCLV carbon and a different seatpost, the 4.7 has TCT carbon and a regular, more adjustable seatpost. Both are pretty but I prefer the 5.1 colour a bit more. Thw 5.1 is $150 more. (The Ruby is about $500 than the 5.1)

So..... I will decide tomorrow I think. (I'm actually going to try the System Six tomorrow too.) Dh loved the Madone 5.2 as well. He was going back and forth between the Roubaix and the Madone.