Purple for a Riv?

[RJM]

As soon as I sell a bunch of stuff I'm ordering another Roadeo...(yes, that will make two. I hav big plans ;)  ). I'm debating in my head about the color choice. My current one is a Rambouillet orange and it is sweet looking. I was thinking of some shade of purple for the next one but really have never seen a riv with a purple paint job, something like a deep purple and not too flashy. What do you all think about that color?  

Now that I bring it up, what are your favorite colors for Rivs?

[Brewster Fong]

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 11:51:36 AM UTC-7, RJM wrote:

As soon as I sell a bunch of stuff I'm ordering another Roadeo...(yes, that will make two. I hav big plans ;)  ). I'm debating in my head about the color choice. My current one is a Rambouillet orange and it is sweet looking. I was thinking of some shade of purple for the next one but really have never seen a riv with a purple paint job, something like a deep purple and not too flashy. What do you all think about that color?  

Now that I bring it up, what are your favorite colors for Rivs?

 

Not a Riv, but this 25th Anniv Della Santa is purple and very nice looking:

 

 https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/internet-bob/HN4s9Ja_ZII

 

At $850 for the bike and $500 for the frameset, I'm suffering because it is just my size!  But, I need to resist as I have too many road bikes and need a cross.....Good Luck!

[olof...@gmail.com]

Methinks a purple one with cream (including cream fenders) could look terrific. And you can probably trust Riv with finding the right shade of purple. Go for it.

 

Olof Stroh

Uppsala Sweden

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[Jim M.]

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 11:51:36 AM UTC-7, RJM wrote:

What do you all think about that color?  

Now that I bring it up, what are your favorite colors for Rivs?

Who cares what we think? If you like it, go for it. There's a pink Legolas in my neighborhood, speaking of uncommon Riv colors. My favorite is clear coat over steel.

jim m

wc ca 

[mikel...@juno.com]

1992 and 1994 b'stone rb-2 models had a purple in their line-up-check the catalogs
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[Mark Reimer]

There is a purple atlantis floating around on the internet somewhere if I recall correctly

[Mark Reimer]

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[Will]

Go to the staff bikes on the Riv site, check Rich's deep blue (almost purple) custom. It's a show stopper color-wise.

Will

[Deacon Patrick]

I've seen the spread from lilac to royal purple, but I've yet to see what I'd want, Gloaming Purple (from the color pallet of the sky 60-90 minutes prior to sunrise through to sunrise.), which seems a bit like the color you're describing. The color is hard to capture 9at least with my iPhone, but this comes close:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/12193386674/in/album-72157648184747494/

With abandon,

Patrick 

[Allingham II, Thomas J]

There's a purple Saluki somewhere, too.  In VA, maybe?

 

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[Allingham II, Thomas J]

Here it is – belonged to Tony D.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonydefilippo/13368572203/in/photolist-mnkqLc-mnmDr1-mnmDbS-mnjHN2-mnjHpX-nsP5Md-qFwcWr-qFwczV-3yp4Ah-qFnww1-4c5Q8Y-67gtVm-4c5QqL-3yiYgp-3asenu-mnkqYX-LSi7f-85MHm8-4tT8b6-4c5PS1   I think he flipped it to somebody for a more conventional colored Saluki.  Personally, I think the purple is suh-weet.

[Steve Palincsar]

He flipped it for the one I used to own, in Fairway Green.

[cyclot...@gmail.com]

Samuel L Jackson would request a purple Rivendell.

[George Schick]

This one.  If it's purple it would have to be this shade:

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 1:51:36 PM UTC-5, RJM wrote:

[Bill Lindsay]

Anne Paulson has a Purple Atlantis. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/7274186958/

I'm considering a dusty purple powdercoat for one of my project bikes.  Google RAL4001, RAL4005 and RAL4009 for a few of my finalists.

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 11:51:36 AM UTC-7, RJM wrote:

[RJM]

Man, nice bike...great color too. 

[RJM]

Yeah, that is more the color shade I am leaning towards over the purple Saluki that has been posted (even though that is a cool color too.) The Saluki is a little louder than this one. 

I like these kind of internal debates and obsessions....makes the work day go by so much quicker. 

[Bill Lindsay]

My previous purple bike was a custom Davidson

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/5466031572/

[James Warren]

I love purple for bikes, and while the photo is of my Bridgestone as opposed to a Rivendell, the photo shows the type of purple that I like:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/46035786@N07/20883216138/in/dateposted-public/



My '91 MB-4 (originally red) has a Ritchey frame but it had no Ritchey Logic fork when bought new. I beat up the paint with a lot of riding from 1991 through 1996. When I got the Ritchey Logic fork for it in 1996, I had the repaint done to be like the MB-3 of 1991; hence the deep purple. Since the only difference between those stock framesets was that MB-3 had Ritchey Logic fork, while MB-4 did not, I sometimes wonder if I could have gotten away with a new "MB-3" decal for my repainted bike, giving it a promotion. I decided to keep it" MB-4" for nostalgia purposes. It's still my best steep-climbing bike, and quite often still gets called My Favorite.

The paint job was by CycleArt.

[Matt B.]

Here's a purple Rivendell Road bike

http://cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/pdf/original_purple.pdf

[Mike Schiller]

if it's good enough for Samuel L. Jackson it's good enough for me.   I'd love a purple bike... and this shade is just perfect https://www.flickr.com/photos/22538785@N05/17017389477/in/faves-37347002@N05/

~mike

Carlsbad Ca.

[dougP]

That was the bike she rode to last summer's Entmoot.  It's a really deep, rich color, and the creme accents really pop, as you can see from the HT.  It's tasteful without being flashy. 

dougP

[Aaron Young]

The sparkly purple of the old Bridgestones is my all time favorite bike paint color and will be my first choice for when I get a repaint on any of my Riv's. I think I will go solid (not contrasting cream) head tube though.  

-Aaron "Big Fan of Purple" Young

The Dalles, OR

[Tony DeFilippo]

The purple-luki wasn't for me but I did grow to appreciate it as a nice color. I hear that Bill in Ohio is enjoying it still.

A darker purple might have worked for me, I learned to ride on a dark, sparkly purple 'ladies' Schwinn after all.

I'm happy with my dark green one and the Bombadil blue is growing on me to.

Tony

[Surlyprof]

I loved my old '86 Bertoni Corsa Mondiale.  The color was in Italian but the translation was "God-awful purple" (It also came in "Electric Rose").  It was a very '80's metallic lilac with blue decals that looked like this one:  http://vancouver.canadianlisted.com/ad/gallery/2788400/

I'd go a bit darker and I like the suggestion of the creme headtube.   Do they have Rodeo seat tube decals that are creme or are they white?

John

On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 11:51:36 AM UTC-7, RJM wrote:

[cyclotourist]

Purple is the this season's color: http://theradavist.com/2015/08/golden-saddle-rides-purple-pachyderm-elephant-tourer/#28 

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"it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal

[Ginz]

I've got one of these. Just show them this catalog page. :)

 

[James Chang]

I've got a purpe/wine color Riv. Just another data point FYR.

 

James Chang, Taipei, Taiwan.

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[RJM]

I kinda like that shade.

 

Purple, like orange, is one of those colors where the right shade is needed, I think. Lots of good, but different, purples in this thread.

[Garth]

  I know I've seen a photo of a purple/plum and cream bike, I just cannot find it at this time .  Here is very close sample of the kind of purple I an thinking of .
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/718uO4rL5aL._SL1500_.jpg

[Bill]

Still alive and well in Columbus.  This shade of agapanthus purple just dazzles in direct sunlight.

[Alan Pickett]

LOVE the agapanthus! It looks like a shade from a bygone era. I think the mythical icelandic "little people" prolly paint their road signs in this color. Its downright elvish. 

Alan "It's A Beautiful day" Pickett

[Anne Paulson]

Yes I do, and I love it.

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It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride.

[David Spranger]

My purple Ram:

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO3N9HexyEHaEhA-uNeuhmk-81VFUZB3tUxIyIG

David

Charlotte, NC

[David Spranger]

Sorry. here is a shareable link:

https://goo.gl/photos/7JtvdXv67ZWQ4a469

On Thursday, eptember 3, 2015 at 12:57:40 PM UTC-4, David Spranger wrote:

My purple :

[WETH]

David,
That is a beautiful bike. I hope your recovery from this spring's accident is going well. Are you cycling, yet?
-Erl

[Bikie#4646]

That's one beautiful Davidson, Bill! (Though I'll bet a hard one to touch up! Here's the Imron color I chose for my 1989 custom nickel plated and filet brazed Bontrager CX: http://www.cyclofiend.com/cx/2010/cx057-paulgermain0410.html

Paul Germain

Midlothian, Va.

[Surlyprof]

These examples look great!  Now I want to repaint the Hillborne purple.  

John

[Jim Bronson]

That's hot, Bikie#4646!

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Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down!

[ma...@rivbike.com]

How about something like this custom?

[David Spranger]

No cycling yet, except on the trainer. It is a poor replacement for actual riding, but my only choice right now. Physical recovery is well under way, only now finding the deficits/differences in my brain since the crash. 

I so want to be out cycling in this beautiful weather...

[Corwin]

That's my bike!

Was just about to post a picture. Thanks Mark.

Regards,



Corwin