Lets see those Green bikes

[Mzilliox]

I want to paint a bike some shade of green. Looking for some inspiration. rock lobster green is lovey but too light, and British racing green is stunning, but too dark.
Heres a couple to start: (not my bikes)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1476/23982469034_325b71ea2a_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Cxfqvq)N.W.'s URP (https://flic.kr/p/Cxfqvq) by Mitch Pryor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mapcycles/), on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7362/13098131415_b450cf8893_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/kXrm8Z)More business. (https://flic.kr/p/kXrm8Z) by Mitch Pryor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mapcycles/), on Flickr

[8aaron8]

I've seen the MAP on top in person and the green is even more lovely than the picture captures.

[scoobydrew]

Here's my BMC Monstercross right after I had built it up:

http://i.imgur.com/RXHKJ15h.jpg

The shade changes a bit depending on lighting:

http://i.imgur.com/qe0XQWJh.jpg

[martl]

mismatched tires, but beck when that pic was taken it saw some heavy use (*sigh*)

https://fotos.rennrad-news.de/img/photos/2/0/9/0/_/large/PICT0002.jpg?0 (http://fotos.rennrad-news.de/p/48325)

[weisan]

Rivendell Standard Road

http://alicehui.com/bike/rivendell/11.jpg

http://alicehui.com/bike/rivendell/2.jpg

Bianchi Mini Velo Lepre

https://www.pedalroom.com/p/bianchi-minivelo-lepre-8-dropbar-8939_1.jpg

[oliver1850]

2002 Concours. I've never known whether this is Cha-Ching Green or the other green that was available that year. Very close to 1950s Oliver colors except for the metallic.

[fogrider]

had this resprayed a few years ago:https://www.flickr.com/photos/72776081@N03/albums/72157635239066004

[bouldergary]

Geminani

[cadence90]

mismatched tires, but beck when that pic was taken it saw some heavy use (*sigh*)
I love Principias. I have never seen a green one before. Is that a REX?

Rivendell Standard Road

Bianchi Mini Velo Lepre
You have a bicycle in every letter of the alphabet, and in every color, it seems. :D


had this resprayed a few years ago:https://www.flickr.com/photos/72776081@N03/albums/72157635239066004
That's a gorgeous color. Do you have a RAL, etc. number?

[witcombusa]

two greens... '64 Bianchi and '74 Witcomb USA

[AngryScientist]

this is some shade of green:

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d8BwRaAoiSU/WPKxAVM4S7I/AAAAAAAACxA/j5l9u8KabpsCNelR8kzzY1nANaIGVNTfACLcB/s1140/IMG_0441.JPG

[Tickdoc]

Always liked legnano's shade of green.

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/images/Italian/Legnano/Legn_GrnFrm_1.jpg

It looks like one of those magical color changing shades that looks different depending on the light.

https://image.isu.pub/150909152917-028cbb73eeef35e5ebae80e8522e41d5/jpg/page_1.jpg

[fogrider]

I love Principias. I have never seen a green one before. Is that a REX?


You have a bicycle in every letter of the alphabet, and in every color, it seems. :D



That's a gorgeous color. Do you have a RAL, etc. number?
Sadly, no. The paint was done by Allan Wanta

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[jtbadge]

Put a ton of miles on this one for the last couple of years... just passed it on to another forum member.

https://www.pedalroom.com/p/2015-all-city-space-horse-22932_16.jpg

[Gsinill]

What's wrong with dark?
http://s12.postimg.org/fof3susx9/L1050012.jpg

Bought this here on the forum and initially I wasn't too keene of the olive paint but it really grew on me and now I really dig it.
http://i62.tinypic.com/2mzb7si.jpg

[bicycletricycle]

I got 3 green Chapman's
http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae236/bicycletricycle/Chapman%20Cycles/0EB11627-243D-45D9-B84E-213D1C8FC06E_zpswyc65dj5.jpg (http://s975.photobucket.com/user/bicycletricycle/media/Chapman%20Cycles/0EB11627-243D-45D9-B84E-213D1C8FC06E_zpswyc65dj5.jpg.html)

[rwsaunders]

http://i.imgur.com/CNqEXxBh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/paxH0Xth.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hianKsIh.jpg

Someday before I leave the planet I'd like to own a bike painted in the shade of green shown on the Ducati...the Vanilla comes close.

[donevwil]

https://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=1697896604&d=1426094969

[adamhell]

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/adamleibow/IMG_0995_zps4y91fphh.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/adamleibow/C40345DE-ADD5-45B3-AE78-2E964C261DC0_zpsdvygcrui.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/adamleibow/071325BB-BB37-4C1B-9317-1E6A6E560C20_zpstmftqa0d.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/adamleibow/1FA802EB-DF2E-4A38-A14F-8F69CF46D7F9_zpsa8yw83u9.jpg

[choke]

http://hampco.ciocctoo.com/829-4.JPG

[Lanternrouge]

I think I posted pictures of this built up here: http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=186693

http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah10/jzlotlow/Green%20Serotta/DSC_1229_zpsutym0daz.jpg

[martl]

I love Principias. I have never seen a green one before. Is that a REX?
No, its an RSL, the top model before the REX was introduced. At that time, those examples which had the most flawless welds got an elox finish, each year a different one, and were sold as RSL. There were purple ones, orange ones, pale pink ones, blue ones, this green colour was, i think, that of 1998. (The same year there was a fully-suspende model in the catalogue, also green). The Lettering never stuck properly on any eloxed Principia i ever saw, the "RSL" used to be written on the rear end of the top tube, but had been rubbed off long before that pic was taken.

The same frames which came out of welding with minor imperfections were bondo'ed, painted and sold as model 700, usually 150-20g heavier due to the paint. The RSL sported a ~1400g frame weight, putting it among the absolute top frames of that time, competing with Treks, Cannondales and Gary Klein's products. Weight-to-stiffness was excellent, as was long-time durability - they frequently passed the toughest EFBE stress test with flying colours. That was a time where Bianchi, for one, would sell alloy with holes in some welds one could have poked a knitting needle through.
Kleins always were the yardstick for any Alloy welder, but Principia came closer than most, for about half the price (still expensive, tho) and without the proprietary parts.

The REX came at a later time, it hit the market with a 1,1/8 steerer for Aheadsets as opposed to the RSLs 1" quill system, but required a special headset (King made an aftermarket one for it) and thus was sold with HS and fork. Got one of those too but its orange.
I switched to a 6.4kg Scott SC team Delatour after the P's, but i clocked all of my best times on any uphill TT i rode on one of the Principias. They were brilliant uphill and felt safe as a tank downhill - marvellous machines. Also did my longest-ride-ever on the REX, hear me, you "oversized Alloy will wear you down because it has no comfort"-advocates? :D

[Walter]

Bianchi Celeste on a Della Santa

[Matt-H]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2873/33530732523_51b96353e7_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T5ZLzZ)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/T5ZLzZ) by mattsthreesons (https://www.flickr.com/photos/40747725@N02/), on Flickr

[R3awak3n]

https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/16583644_1826447607636703_5568745392155131904_n.jp g

National Forest green.

At first I was not super into it but its growing on me.

[Geeheeb]

http://i66.tinypic.com/fjggaf.jpg

Dyed saddle too

[phoenix]

I love green bikes!
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8628/30587649205_e2a80aa569_c.jpg

[KidWok]

The last lugged Davidson to ever leave the old Elliott Bay bicycles shop.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c151/TaiLee77/20170404_162157_zpsmg6pohk1.jpg

Tai

[Catman]

Some pretty good looking green machines!


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[cadence90]

No, its an RSL, the top model before the REX was introduced. At that time, those examples which had the most flawless welds got an elox finish, each year a different one, and were sold as RSL. There were purple ones, orange ones, pale pink ones, blue ones, this green colour was, i think, that of 1998.

...i clocked all of my best times on any uphill TT i rode on one of the Principias. They were brilliant uphill and felt safe as a tank downhill - marvellous machines. Also did my longest-ride-ever on the REX, hear me, you "oversized Alloy will wear you down because it has no comfort"-advocates? :D
Very nice write-up, thank you. The elox/anodized Principias are really gorgeous frames.

Some pretty good looking green machines!
No kidding.

The front Chapman, the cropped Vanilla (Ducati), and the Della Santa are fantastic.

[ColonelJLloyd]

I've always liked the color of the first gen Fargos.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1705/26287383951_ff7e2ff88b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G3VHpM)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/G3VHpM) by brian payne (https://www.flickr.com/photos/23142806@N08/), on Flickr

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn138/therealbovine/IMG_1878.jpg

[PaMtbRider]

When I talked to Joe Bell I told him I wanted the green of the 7-11 team bikes. Very happy with the color and the bike.

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx354/2_Wheels/Kirk%20JKS-X/IMG_0189.jpg

[happycampyer]

Interestingly, with all the bikes over the years that I've owned, I think the only one that was green was a Gary Fisher Aquila. And I really like green bikes, from Serotta's Cha-ching Green to Hampsten's pistachio green. Here is an older thread of green bikes:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=130955

[choke]

When I talked to Joe Bell I told him I wanted the green of the 7-11 team bikes. Very happy with the color and the bike.Heh....mine is the green that Hampsten uses when they paint a Huffy 7-Eleven. I'm not sure if it's the same that they use on the Merckx ones though I suspect that's the case.

[Mzilliox]

When I talked to Joe Bell I told him I wanted the green of the 7-11 team bikes. Very happy with the color and the bike.

http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx354/2_Wheels/Kirk%20JKS-X/IMG_0189.jpg

i like that a lot. one shade lighter and perfect!

[FlashUNC]

Whoa whoa whoa. What's wrong with Lobster seafoam???

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1476/25127100486_8066448046_b.jpg

[8aaron8]

I did this one a few years back, wish I remembered the name on the color
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2943/15345529695_6827956115_b.jpg

This one is a bit lighter than british racing green
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8669/15984073784_dcf3921f0a_b.jpg

[PaMtbRider]

Heh....mine is the green that Hampsten uses when they paint a Huffy 7-Eleven. I'm not sure if it's the same that they use on the Merckx ones though I suspect that's the case.

Your Hampsten was the inspiration for my Kirk.

[henrypretz]

CIII in Porsche Bebe

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170529/d2eb90868393c595a774e03a2ec6f25c.jpg

[cmbicycles]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170529/8ac37cef469fb4179851ab5c3d668aad.jpg
This had a real nice ride, but currently decommissioned as it has several paint issues that need some macro touch up.