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LH2
03-10-2007, 04:57 PM
Panels have a classic look and were common years ago on level TT frames, before sloping TT road frames were popular.

Do panels lose their appeal on a compact frame with the shorter ST, or does a shorter panel fix the look?

Maybe a single DT panel is a good option - I see Moyer doing that quite a bit on his frames.

If somebody can point me toward a good-looking panel job with a sloping TT frame, I'd appreciate it.
dreadpiratetim
03-10-2007, 05:11 PM
Level TT. Panels.

Now that wasn't hard, was it?
pdbrye
03-10-2007, 07:29 PM
OK, this might just be a gratuitous opportunity to show off, but here's one I'm particularly fond of. :D Paint courtesy of Joe Bell...

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=23287
pdbrye
03-10-2007, 07:34 PM
And another fine example..

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=26886
LH2
03-10-2007, 07:38 PM
OK, this might just be a gratuitous opportunity to show off, but here's one I'm particularly fond of. :D Paint courtesy of Joe Bell...

pdbrye - thanks for posting that, I just about peed myself your bike looks so good. :beer:
rbtmcardle
03-10-2007, 07:42 PM
Dont know if this helps, but I am partial to it. I apologize again for the grill.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=26418
FATBOY
03-10-2007, 07:44 PM
that my new brazed Co-Motion frame looks as good as either of those bikes. It will be a dark orange metallic sloper with mica white panels. If she looks hot you will definitely see her on the forum, if not....well....
myette10
03-11-2007, 05:56 AM
http://www.zanconato.com/gallery2.html
dbrk
03-11-2007, 06:40 AM
I'm with Tim the Dead Pirate on this one. I think panels look best on level top tube bikes, preferably ones without spectacular OS tubing. Slopers with OS I prefer with simpler paint, which adds to the menacing, stealthy, badass intentionality. Here's a good sloper: http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=22104 This one's good for contrast and still manages the sloper thing: http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=25945 This one's fantastically good: http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=16527 (but the computer thing on the top tube...Eric...please...;-) And if I may be so bold, the photo does no justice: http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=2006&highlight=Bridgestone

And just in case you need to see the perfect race bike, look at Eddy.

dbrk
93legendti
03-11-2007, 08:11 AM
If you're paying, get what you like. Here's a solution (click on #89):

http://www.kirkframeworks.com/photogallery9.htm
rwsaunders
03-11-2007, 07:11 PM
Dreamboat with panels.
Smiley
03-11-2007, 07:53 PM
http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=26886

try my wife's bike as a good example, good luck Smiley
Serotta PETE
03-11-2007, 08:13 PM
I think the CDA WITH ORANGE PAINT AND WHITE PANELS IS VERY NICE...even had my legend to/st painted that color...Really like it BUT then I was never ordained the fashion leaderd :p

Panels have a classic look and were common years ago on level TT frames, before sloping TT road frames were popular.

Do panels lose their appeal on a compact frame with the shorter ST, or does a shorter panel fix the look?

Maybe a single DT panel is a good option - I see Moyer doing that quite a bit on his frames.

If somebody can point me toward a good-looking panel job with a sloping TT frame, I'd appreciate it.
Fivethumbs
03-11-2007, 10:08 PM
http://www.zanconato.com/gallery2.html

I don't know why, maybe because I'm kind of old school, but that bike looks like a racing bike to me. The level top tube, the quill stem, the round bars, it "speaks to me" (get that SoCalSteve?)
inGobwetrust
03-11-2007, 10:25 PM
Here's mine. These pics are kind of old, the tape and saddle are white now and the wheels are different but the frame remains the same.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=7485&stc=1
http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=7486&stc=1
LH2
03-13-2007, 01:34 PM
Here's mine. These pics are kind of old, the tape and saddle are white now and the wheels are different but the frame remains the same.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=7485&stc=1
http://forums.thepaceline.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=7486&stc=1

Nice Vanilla!

What do you guys think, in general about a single panel on DT or ST?

Sometimes I think the lone ST panel looks a bit unbalanced - but the single DT panel, like the Vanilla pictured above kinda looks clean & simple. :cool:
Steelhead
03-13-2007, 01:44 PM
Nice Vanilla!

What do you guys think, in general about a single panel on DT or ST?

Sometimes I think the lone ST panel looks a bit unbalanced - but the single DT panel, like the Vanilla pictured above kinda looks clean & simple. :cool:

My new CDA will have a single panel on the downtube with the logo "S" on the outside of the seat tube, Frost White panel on CA Red with CA Red painted on logo on the downtube panel. The logo S will be Frost White painted on CA Red. Can't wait and I'll post up photos when I get it built. :banana:
goonster
03-13-2007, 02:05 PM
I think that the dark blue Concours with white panels and orange rings looks absolutely fantastic.

http://www.serotta.com/pages/concours.cs_ful.gif

To my way of thinking, traditional and new school (sloping TT, straight blade forks, brifteurs, thin saddles etc.) bikes are apples and oranges. At least with regard to aesthetics.
Serotta PETE
03-13-2007, 02:31 PM
Can't wait to see the pictures. The CDA is one nice riding frame.

PETE


My new CDA will have a single panel on the downtube with the logo "S" on the outside of the seat tube, Frost White panel on CA Red with CA Red painted on logo on the downtube panel. The logo S will be Frost White painted on CA Red. Can't wait and I'll post up photos when I get it built. :banana: