How important is bike color to you?

[3for3]

When I was looking for my bike I categorically refused to get anything pink or purple or excessively "girlie." I wanted something black and sleek...kind of like the one you are looking at (but I agree with whoever it was that said the handlebars and seat should be black). However, while helping me research, my husband came across an amazing deal on a Bianchi Volpe....The bottom line was it offered the versatility I was looking for at a great price. The catch? I pretty much thought it was hideous. Until I found out the NAME of the color is gang-green. I decided that was awesome enough to overcome the ugliness. While patting myself on the back for managing to get over that hurdle, it arrived (we ordered it online) and I was horrified to realize it has leopard print on the back of the seat!!! (SO not me) I suppose I could switch that out if I really wanted to, but I've come to be proud of my girl and I now derive a strange sort of pride in her colors. SO...if it's the bike you want for the price you want, you can get past the color and even come to LOVE it.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

3for3-
I too love the name of that Volpe color...."Gang Green". How cool can you get?

I bought a banjo a few years ago because it was a great bargain by a known maker and I knew I could resell it for more. It had a formica fingerboard- white 'kitchen counter' with little gold flecks. Ugliest banjo I ever saw.
Played it, fell in love with it over the months. Now it's one of my favorite banjos and I think it's beautiful. People want to buy it from me all the time.

[ms pepperpot]

I didn't think I cared, but I went to the bike shop today to discuss my surly LHT. I thought I'd just have a choice between the weird blue they have at the moment and dark cherry red and thought i'd be happy with either. They only had in stock the blue, but also an old green.

I went for the green, but now I'm having doubts and thinking I should have chosen the blue, and am also disappointed they didn't have the cherry red. There's so many other more important things I need to be thinking about chosing for this bike, and I'm worrying about the colour

[Skierchickie]

I have to admit, when I bought my mountain bike, I was really unhappy about the anodized pewter paint. I'd been lusting over a beautiful blue lower end model, which was what got me looking in the first place. A fantastic deal on a fantastic close-out bike, and I've never regretted the choice.

I also have to admit the heart flutterings I felt when I first laid eyes on what is now my new Jamis Xenith Pro. I wasn't in the market for a new roadie. She was soooo beautiful! The ride quality matches, so I was a goner. I tell her she's the most beautiful bike in all the world! I tell my dog she's the most beautiful puppy in all the world! I sigh as I pass my old road bike, and tell her.... tell her... I'm SORRY!

[teawoman]

Just about any color scheme is fine with me if the components are right and there are no weird large curlycues or patterns, like that polka dot one.

[tennisgirl43]

I have to admit, color is important to me. One of the things I love about my bike is the way she looks. Blue has always been a favorite color of mine, so I'm happy to have a bike the color I love.

[fastdogs]

I think bike color was partially responsible for me getting a mountain bike. Someone on here posted a photo of a giant rincon that was OD green. 20 years in the army and I'm drawn to OD green things, I thought it was the most beautiful bike I'd ever seen.
Later, I'd started looking at mountain bikes, and thought how neat it would be if I could get one in OD green. There were the Trek 4300 bikes, all OD green and black, I loved the color. But the bike just didn't fit me right, I tried the different sized frames and it just didn't feel as good as a gary fisher marlin disc I'd ridden (out of my price range). Then they bike shop guy remembered a wahoo he had, and when he brought it out, the brown color wasn't bad, but it wasn't OD green, and really didn't do anything for me. When I rode it, though, I knew it was my bike, and the brown color looked like chocolate out in the sun. So I didn't pick it for it's color, but color was a part of the consideration when I was bike shopping, although the fit trumped color.
vickie

[Blueberry]

I didn't think I cared, but I went to the bike shop today to discuss my surly LHT. I thought I'd just have a choice between the weird blue they have at the moment and dark cherry red and thought i'd be happy with either. They only had in stock the blue, but also an old green.

I went for the green, but now I'm having doubts and thinking I should have chosen the blue, and am also disappointed they didn't have the cherry red. There's so many other more important things I need to be thinking about chosing for this bike, and I'm worrying about the colour

I really like the Surly Green, but that's me. You'll love her, no matter what, I'm sure

CA