Re: [CR]Bike Brand Signature Colors

From: "Raoul Delmare" <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Bruce C." <BruceCumberland@comcast.net>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <83B98D01E8D5D41196DB0008C75F74CD1E0A2B@CWUS-DTW-EXT03>
Subject: Re: [CR]Bike Brand Signature Colors
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:39:45 -0500

Peugeot : White

Allegro : White with explosive color-fade around the lugs !

Gitane : Orange

Crescent : Orange

Legnano / Frejus-Legnano : Chartreuse

Bianchi : the color of a "tornado sky" , green-blue , "Celeste"

Gios : Gios Blue

Atala : Blue with White

Fuji : "Rainbow Blue" or Pearlescent White

Sterling "Built Like A Watch" : desk-blotter green

Raleigh : Black , or "Bronze Green" ( a complex color ) , or "Raleigh Green" ( 1950's & 1960's 3-Speeds ) , or Red , or Coffee , or "Champagne" , or , now that you mention it . . .

Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kahrl, Michael"
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 10:14 AM
Subject: [CR]Bike Brand Signature Colors

> As a bike enthusiast from a small town my impressionable young mind was
> dazzled the first time I participated in a big century ride. I saw bikes
> in colors that I never imagined existed. In the years that followed as the
> bike boom rose I have permanently seared into my mind's eye colors
> associated with particular brands. Did anyone else experience a similar
> thing? Have any of you sought a bike in a particular color because you can
> only imagine it one way? Here are some of mine:
>
> Peugeot: White
> Gitane: Purple
> Austro Daimler: Black
> Raleigh: Green
> Falcon: Light Blue
>
> Michael Kahrl
> Columbus, Ohio