Dear Bike Companies:

[DarcyInOregon]

Wow, but I love my pink WSD bike. Why would the color be "unserious?" I put in a lot of miles every week on this bike.

I never even thought about colors as being serious or unserious. I can care less what others think of the color of my bike. I like the pink bike because I am VISIBLE to motorists; I don't blend into the background. Where I live it rains a lot, and thus visibility is poor on many of my daily rides. Lots of cyclists in Oregon have been killed or injured by motorists, and I don't want to be one of them.

But this concept of a bike color being serious or not serious totally flabbergasts me. I just can't imagine why it would be important as to what total strangers might think of the color on your bike. It only matters what YOU think and what makes YOU happy - so get a bike in a color that makes you happy! And don't judge others for the color of their bike. That doesn't make sense.

Darcy

[Meg McKilty]

I feel as if that almost perpetuates their cause further- women need super feminine colors that could be seen at night without reflectors.

I enjoy darker colors, usually those considered more masculine. They are rarely represented in catalogs or on the internet sites, if at all. Sorry to say that having something that feels as good as it looks, I am all for it.

It's like wearing a business suit tailored to you in your favorite business color; it says volumes about your tastes and choices to others. You feel better when you are wearing this "power suit". It just so happens I don't want my suit in purple or teal, but it seems people are only making them in uber-femme colors. I am asking for equality in colors, here.

If pink or cosmic yellow makes you feel happy, then great. Pewter and Blue Steel colors happen to thrill me, but few WSD bikes come in those particular colors.

[Aggie_Ama]

My fabulous Cannondale came in two color schemes. Mine does not seem overly feminine (although it is GORGEOUS for carbon) but the other was black. That is as far from girly. I think the problem is not so much that pink and orange are offered, but that others are not.

I LOVE the Cannondale R1000 Dragonfly paint scheme and would have gotten that girly bike if it were aluminum. They just need to offer us more options. I love the girly bikes but as we have established- one color does not fit all!

I am pretty sure if you drop the boys they would take the tangerine seriously.

[mimitabby]

Meg, actually, bikes that can be seen at night without reflectors are a pretty good thing. I know you meant that in jest, but honestly, why not?
There's a guy near where I live that has a florescent yellow bike. And i know it's not because he likes daisies. it really shows up well as he's going down the road.

I do understand where you are coming from, the women's bike palette seems to be quite limited unless you go custom.

So you like the exact opposite colors that I like and we both were frustrated.
(So where did you find a WSD bike in orange?)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I have been intrigued by the geometry of Terry bikes from time to time. But I've seen them in person, and tempting though the WSD fit issue might be, I wouldn't be caught DEAD riding a bike with those fluffy bunny colors and frou-frou flowery swirls or whatever they are on it. I'm not ten years old.

Never did like Barbies either.

[Meg McKilty]

I have been intrigued by the geometry of Terry bikes from time to time. But I've seen them in person, and tempting though the WSD fit issue might be, I wouldn't be caught DEAD riding a bike with those fluffy bunny colors and frou-frou flowery swirls or whatever they are on it. I'm not ten years old.

Never did like Barbies either.

My name is Meg McKilty, and I support this post.

[SouthernBelle]

I liked Midge. She had freckles like I did. I had a Barbie and a Barbie dream house. Barbie frequently committed suicide by jumping off the roof of her dreamhouse leaving the house and contents to Midge.

I don't really want a pastel bike.

[Meg McKilty]

I liked Midge. She had freckles like I did. I had a Barbie and a Barbie dream house. Barbie frequently committed suicide by jumping off the roof of her dreamhouse leaving the house and contents to Midge.

I don't really want a pastel bike.

I do believe you were meant to do law dealing with property claims and people's wills.

[MINIskirt]

And who could forget the K2 jetstream with accompanying hibiscus flowers?
http://www.rscycle.com/s.nl;jsession...e=shopping.com

Haha

K2 luvs them some hibiscus flowers (haha... skiiers out there get it?).

I have a K2 mountain bike with hisbiscus flowers....



Personally I really love that my road bike (Specialized Dolce) is black and white with just a couple pink accents. Feels like just the perfect amount of girly-ness.

[Meg McKilty]

(So where did you find a WSD bike in orange?)

In "Feel It Orange", baby.
http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/06/C...el-7RWA3T.html

And who could forget the K2 jetstream with accompanying hibiscus flowers?
http://www.rscycle.com/s.nl;jsession...e=shopping.com

[Kimmyt]

Haha

K2 luvs them some hibiscus flowers (haha... skiiers out there get it?). Personally I'm sick to death of the hibiscus. It is on every type of female-specific gear. Give me a daisy, a rose, a venus flytrap, SOMETHING else. it's one of the reason i've pretty much refused to even buy from their highly-acclaimed women's ski line.

Also, re: the orange cannondale, I wouldn't think of that as feminine coloring, just hideous (i actually kinda like it!). In a gloriously roadie-way. I could picture many of the guys I ride with going for that color scheme, but then I've always carried the opinion that the average male roadie has as good a taste in color as a colorblind 5-year-old.



K. <--- who has always been tempted with the idea of putting handlebar streamers on my purty teal and silver bike

[mimitabby]

i wish i could get a closer close up to the hibiscus bike. thanks for the orange bike links. my faith in orange-ness is restored. Yup, i'd like either of those bikes in my stable.

But wait until you see my custom orange bike coming up soon....