I'm looking for suggestions for a paint job for my carbon Orbea Diva that has been repaired. The original color was the pistachio green and the black carbon thus that is how I got the name "Grasshopper" and also quite a few jerseys to match that color. Had a crash back in June and ended up with a crack in the top tube. Now I have had it repaired at the Calfee factory in Santa Cruz. A local guy in our club has offered to paint it. He recommends a pearl white over the carbon and then a bright contrast color. He showed me one in a royal blue with black outlining on the pearl white today that really looked sharp. Then I was thinking of a deep purple/fuschia or I have always wanted a red bike...Also he can put anything on it, my name, or he makes up Italian names for his bikes.
It will be my back up bike. We had a trip planned and I needed a bike so ended up with a Giant Avail with Di2, grey. They say once you have the electric, you won't want anything else. The Diva was such a good fit and so light. I know I will enjoy riding it again. Open to any suggestions, ideas.