Comments on: Personalized Tour bikes

By: redhotchilly12

redhotchilly12 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:39:41 +0000

Nice looking painted bike. This bike has a unique features and I had fun seeing photos here.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:03:00 +0000

Understood James . The Blue Ridge Mountains eh? Man, I am so envious.

By: James

James — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:00:09 +0000

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Ed, good idea, but I am not sure if I am ready for another competition just yet.

Ron, bike tour? I don't know what you mean. I have been in the Blue Ridge Mountains for a couple of days, but I am not on a bike tour. Sounds like a good idea though...I could use a break from work.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:25:50 +0000

Hi James. Hows your bike tour coming along?

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:59:40 +0000

Personalisation rules. The paint job I'd want on my bike would be the DNA double-helix. James, is there another competition to be had in this?

By: Murray Elliot Breen aka 'surf-the-arts'

Murray Elliot Breen aka 'surf-the-arts' — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:25:08 +0000

This design expressionism is 'very now'. Personal art is on everything. Graffiti and Tatoo Artists seem to be art gods. I think it started with painted cows:0 Obama poster art, Skateboards, Mountain Dew Green Art Bottles, etc., etc. It's the bike's turn.

By: gantxe

gantxe — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:17:47 +0000

And common users… do you think that people would pay more for a bike if it is personalized, and not only with the name in the toptube, if he can define the graphic or part of the graphic, change colors, decals design…

By: Coach Levi

Coach Levi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:41:42 +0000

I always thought it would be cool just to have your name on the bike.

I could see getting a little extra graphic on the seat mast to go with the rider's name on the top tube, but everyone having custom painted bikes is going overboard.

If it gets out of hand, surely there will be some new rules to prevent it, sort of like the regulations for jersey colors, sleeve stripes, etc.

By: Astroluc

Astroluc — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:49:43 +0000

I do agree that there has to be SOME uniformity between team members, but the bikes don't need to be where that "sameness" is. Uniforms should be same/similar, the bikes don't need to be.

just my $.02

By: neil

neil — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:41:02 +0000

There was a time when a rider would ask for 'this seat tube length, with that top tube length and this amount of setback on the seat tube.' If he was a star rider, he got it. It mattered most the bike would fit well and looks were secondary.

Riders can't do that these days, so personalised paint jobs are the only option riders have to express their individuality and assert their position in the team hierarchy. It seems to do the trick as far as the riders' egos are concerned - custom paint jobs are the new drugs.