What about the kit??

[Lifesgreat]

You mean you're supposed to match?
I suppose my shorts and saddle match. . .

[lph]

Oh, sheesh. Sometimes I nurture these sweet dreams of finding a stunning red vest, a gorgeous red helmet and, of course, red shoes, and looking terrific on my brilliant red road bike and metallic red mtb. But I end riding 90 % of the time on my turquoise green with red fork FrankenKonacommuterbike wearing whatever fell out of the closet, and the remaining 10% in the hideous club kit some guy dreamed up mid-70s. (5 primary colours, I kid you not.) By sheer chance my helmet and shoes match each other, though.

[pardes]

Lph, I never liked the color red until I got a red bike. I was happier with muted fall colors. Especially autumn hunter green and indigo night blue.

Now I have a red helmet, red backpack, red winter biking coat, red gloves all delivered to and modeled at work for coworkers who just shake their head.

I put them over the edge with this when I walked through the lab with the flaps down in my spiffy new white labcoat.

Now red is the new autumn hunter green.