Show us your bikes with contrasting color forks!

[MattTuck]

I know that on a road bike, sometimes a different colored fork is the result of an after market upgrade/swap. Lately, I've seen a few mountain bikes with a solid colored frame and a fork that really makes the bike pop.

Would love to see road bikes that do the same thing. This is common on bare metal frames, but not so much on painted frames, except maybe Geekhouse.

What do you guys think of this style? Have any good ones to share?

(If we already have a thread on these, apologies)

Some examples.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5444/8970783900_5d560db82e_b.jpg

http://www.geekhousebikes.com/full/Cross/1.jpg

[MattTuck]

another one.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8114200621_0d9599745e.jpg

[weisan]

http://alicehui.com/pic/wall/img/8250671220_190b6d66e7_z.jpg

[donevwil]

http://alicehui.com/pic/wall/img/8250671220_190b6d66e7_z.jpg

Oooooooo, too pretty to ride comes to mind.

[weisan]

sorry, that's the only pic I have.

http://alicehui.com/pic/wall/img/day1_92.jpg

[tiretrax]

sorry, that's the only pic I have.

http://alicehui.com/pic/wall/img/day1_92.jpg

What kind of fork is that?

[lovebird]

That's a Black Sheep ti truss fork if I'm not mistaken. I think the model name is "Faith".

[FlashUNC]

I'll shoot a photo of a track bike at my local shop later today. Black with a pink fork. Very cool stuff.

[lovebird]

Or maybe a Jeff Jones fork?

Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut about mountain bikes....

[AngryScientist]

yes. love it.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XBaQWycDVm0/UgmM5wKWXsI/AAAAAAAABYM/gfOIeJYoqXI/s640/DSCN0028.JPG

[tuscanyswe]

http://alicehui.com/pic/wall/img/day1_92.jpg[/QUOTE]

I really like that bike! very cool!

[GT2R]

I know that on a road bike, sometimes a different colored fork is the result of an after market upgrade/swap. Lately, I've seen a few mountain bikes with a solid colored frame and a fork that really makes the bike pop.

Would love to see road bikes that do the same thing. This is common on bare metal frames, but not so much on painted frames, except maybe Geekhouse.

What do you guys think of this style? Have any good ones to share?

(If we already have a thread on these, apologies)

Some examples.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5444/8970783900_5d560db82e_b.jpg

http://www.geekhousebikes.com/full/Cross/1.jpg

That Rock Lobster is SaWEET!

[bikingshearer]

Is chrome a "color"?

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/bikingshearer/photo1.jpg (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/bikingshearer/media/photo1.jpg.html)

[slidey]

This might be obvious to others, but I have to ask...is part of the bike made of bamboo?

Oh, and regardless...do tell more about the fork! Looks very intriguing.

sorry, that's the only pic I have.

http://alicehui.com/pic/wall/img/day1_92.jpg

[br995]

This might be obvious to others, but I have to ask...is part of the bike made of bamboo?

Yep. Carbon/bamboo bikes (http://boobicycles.com/about/).

I think color contrasting forks look great. You already see it on any unpainted Ti frame anyway ;)

[MattTuck]

I think color contrasting forks look great. You already see it on any unpainted Ti frame anyway ;)

True, but many of those are just left black from ENVE... which to me, looks ok, but also sometimes seems like an after thought. So, although they contrast to an extent, I don't think they have as much finishing pop as, say, a fork painted some other color with the Ti frame.

Contrast this with Moots, which paints the fork to match the Ti finish. Interesting touch, that to me, has more attention to detail than a black fork with Enve logo.

[slidey]

Very interesting, thanks for the link.

Yep. Carbon/bamboo bikes (http://boobicycles.com/about/).

[MattTuck]

A few more I found while eating lunch today.

http://www.cyclefit.co.uk/uploads/Serotta_Legend_se.jpg

http://cdn.velospace.org/files/serotta_t_1002.jpg

http://www.horsecycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Polo-5-1024x682.jpg

A bit more going on with the frame (as opposed to just a single color), but still a high contrast pop.
http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/1900/2239084/IMG_7584.jpg

Does this count?
http://www.cycleexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bishop-bikes-nahbs-track-1.jpg


ummmmm.
https://sphotos-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/1010528_626666684012191_1576140623_n.jpg

http://www.wholeathlete.com/assets/photos/firefly_road.jpg

An interesting take on the contrast fork... including the head tube.
http://cyclingshoesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/serotta_greenlime_meivici.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4686273669_266a17eb57_b.jpg

http://www.embrocationmagazine.com/img/pegresp55-1.jpg

[Nooch]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/9576976238_f74428757f_c.jpg

yeah, ti with black..

[exapkib]

Any excuse to (re)post photos . . .

http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o641/1zaxxon/032_zps31a322f8.jpg (http://s1336.photobucket.com/user/1zaxxon/media/032_zps31a322f8.jpg.html)

[Formulasaab]

Is chrome a "color"?


Hell yes!

My Daccordi collection... Chrome colored with paint accents!

http://photos.at-speed.com/Cycling/Current-Bikes/Daccordi-50th/i-Kr8pNk9/0/L/IMG_9022-L.jpg

http://photos.at-speed.com/Cycling/Current-Bikes/Daccordi-before/i-Cn6TpGL/0/L/IMG_5805-L.jpg

[buldogge]

I "upgraded the fork" on my Meech this year, and decided to paint the fork in the frames panel color instead:
(...not the best pic, unfortunately)

-Mark in St. Louis

[LO^OK]

A few more I found while eating lunch today.

ummmmm.
https://sphotos-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/1010528_626666684012191_1576140623_n.jpg



That's funky, I wouldn't mind a frame painted like that :)

[spacemen3]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=94872&stc=1&d=1336402299

[jvp]

my merckx!
https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/417125_2799506228662_238627884_n.jpg

[buldogge]

I'm diggin' this Gazelle...

Did you paint the fork lowers to match the panels??

-Mark

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=94872&stc=1&d=1336402299

[Lanterne Rouge]

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=94872&stc=1&d=1336402299

That is so cool, want.

[thirdgenbird]

Black steel fork and contrasting black/silver components:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk177/thirdgenbird/sscx/100_1191.jpg

[Wilkinson4]

What kind of fork is that?

Looks like a Blacksheep fork. Pretty awesome.

mIKE

[jr59]

here's mine

[noonan1970]

My friend Tims' It's for sale in the Classifieds!

[gomango]

My buddies' All City/Fulton Nature Boy Zona with a Whiskey fork.

Team colors!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/9754861735_ac8f91d3de_b.jpg

[steveo]

http://www.cycleexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/moots-justin-bauer-1.jpg

[Dale Alan]

Wow,some beautiful bikes here ! Giving me some nice visuals for my milti-color winter project. I was thinking 2 or 3 greens,not sure now though.

[spacemen3]

Did you paint the fork lowers to match the panels??
Luckily, the old Ruby fork came in a matching blue. :)

[bicycletricycle]

i got contrasting fill on my new fork, not exactly the same i guess.

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae236/bicycletricycle/photo1_zps2e30cbd1.jpg (http://s975.photobucket.com/user/bicycletricycle/media/photo1_zps2e30cbd1.jpg.html)

[fiamme red]

My Ritchey Ascent Comp MTB

[Bob Ross]

Mine:
http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu144/Dildo-Boy/StrongDSCF4331.jpg

When I was deciding on a color for this frame I asked Carl Strong to send me pics of a finished build done in Tucker orange. The example he sent just happened to have an unpainted carbon fork...and all sorts of bells & whistles went off in my head. Decided I definitely wanted the orange frame/black fork.

There's a guy in my cycle Club who rides a black frame with an orange fork. When we're on the same ride together people think we've been swapping parts!

[jeffreng58]

This makes me want to vomit. Its like having a red ferrari with a black carbon hood. What are people thinking (besides performance)

[MattTuck]

This makes me want to vomit. Its like having a red ferrari with a black carbon hood. What are people thinking (besides performance)

To my eye, it is a bimodal distribution of outcomes. Either looks very good or very bad. And I'm honestly not sure what tips it one way or the other for me...


Do you not like it because it looks unfinished or because you don't like the contrast?

The Rock Lobster mountain bike on the first post just 'looks right' to me. Not sure why. Fewer road frames achieve that same thing, in my opinion.

[MattTuck]

http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2013/09/119-659x440.jpg