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Interbike 2008 : Color Trends

September 23rd, 2008 by Arleigh

It seems like across the board here at Interbike the large trend I am seeing is color matching parts.  I’m talking hubs, stems, brakes, headsets, bolts.. its a flash back to the days that Guitar Ted will ramble on about. In the next few days I’ll post up more photos about this but for now have a taste from Cane Creek, Crank Brothers, Raleigh, and Vassago.



3 Responses to “Interbike 2008 : Color Trends”

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  1. 1 Shiny Flu  on Sep 24th, 2008 at 12:58 am

    Maybe we’re set to live in this ‘market cycle’ of wanting ridiculously anondized matching parts: Levers, bolts, stem, seatpost, cranks, hubs, spoke/nipples, chain ring bolts. Then realize just how awful and wasteful it all is only to go back to black, black and more black and maybe some silver?

  2. 2 Garrett  on Sep 24th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    Reminds of the monochrome paint jobs and cheesy graphics on Pro Street cars back in the 80s.

  3. 3 Ghost Rider  on Sep 28th, 2008 at 3:32 am

    I, for one, absolutely love having this many color choices. Sure, it’s cheesy, but it lets a rider really personalize his or her bike — following a bike-wide theme or just adding a splash of color for fun.

    What I would really like to see is more silver components. Sometimes those can be hard to find…particularly handlebars and stems.

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