Dark Mark's Dream Bike

Mark_after_Dark

Need your design input. Here is the bike as it looks now before paint, mostly black with blacked out wheels. I like the way this looks very much:




Really the only writing visible from the side will be S-WORKS in gold, as rest of bike will be mix of gloss black and matte black. Chain and cable housing will be gold.

Should I roll gumwalls on Go Jackson, or stick with black tires?

jakesaunders

Stick with black

Matt

You can't have the gold chain + paint without the gumwall tires to make it really pop. It's PRO.
Plus you'll see it better in T1.
Matte black overall would be nicer (and probably lighter, too)
Replace the S logo on the seat tube with the TRS cock

wchevron

I say black tires. Maybe just S-Works in Gold outline. Could also do Enve wheels with thin gold outline around the Enve logo. Would be subtle but would accent the gold chain and cables.

Mark_after_Dark

Matt said:

Replace the S logo on the seat tube with the TRS cock

You're fired

Matt

@AaronWebstey - How can he like his own posts?

Mark_after_Dark

I don't even know what you're talking about

Aaron Webstey

Well, there goes my afternoon.

ellsworth53t

Stick with black, gum wall is "pro" but there are some shitty looking "pro" bikes. Gum walls will detract from the hot sex that is the rest of the bike.

My road bike is matte black. I like the look but any small blemishes will show more so than a gloss paint. Just be aware of that.

mbrekk44

Gumwall

dhr

Gumwall, no question, given the paint you describe.

But I'd just do the full murdered out look.

Mark_after_Dark

@Matt For some reason I thought you said to put the cock on the downtube instead of the S-WORKS. I am probably going to put a ghosted rooster on there somewhere. You're unfired, but on probation.

Matt

Robert Rankin

Gumwall

Zach Boring

IF YOU PUT GUMWALLS ON THIS BIKE SO HELP ME GOD I WILL GET IN MY CAR AND FIND YOU DURING YOUR NEXT RACE

Disclaimer: this is a joke. If I actually hit a cyclist (even by mistake) I would be seriously depressed and heartbroken. This is just funny because the reason he needs this bike is because he got plowed by a car. LY DM

Mark_after_Dark

@Zach Boring I hope you got that out of your system. I would like you to let me know how you really feel about gumwalls though.

Zach Boring

I vote no.

Have you ever looked at a woman and said "dang, I like how her shoes don't match her entire outfit"

Mark_after_Dark

yes once

Zach Boring

Oh. Then, go for it.

But Make your selection based off the wheel. Just get the fastest thing possible.

Mark_after_Dark

@Zach Boring Sawtooth Zipps it is

Zach Boring

@Dark_mark I'm done helping you

yournotunique

Gum
You should probably also inflate your front tire. I think, as it currently stands, it has a really, really low CRR
Where will you put your trash?

lakercr

Really the only writing visible from the side will be S-WORKS in gold, as rest of bike will be mix of gloss black and matte black. Chain and cable housing will be gold.

Should I roll gumwalls on Go Jackson, or stick with black tires?




"Bandit" on the top tube and you're good to go.

simonsen77

Hey @AaronWebstey let us give that post more likes.

simonsen77

From the BAAW thread:



The gum walls on a nearly all black bike may be pro, but they look horrible.

KHilgendorf

Dark_mark said:

yes once

Stripper?

Tad_M

Gumwalls?, Gumwalls? (said like Mora's "playoffs, playoffs".

Hell no, obviously go with red tires to match the red cock which is replacing the S-works on the seat tube.

_Black_Fred

Another vote for Gumwalls. Think it'll look slick with the gold. And it'll drive Zach crazy as an added benefit.

Evan

don't want to hijack the thread, but @Zach Boring do you for real look at prospective mates and say, "man, she had a nice body and beautiful face, but her shoes didn't match..."

oh and gumwalls would ruin the look that i think you're going for.

KHilgendorf

@Dark_mark gum walls are for classic road bikes. Go all black. When style comes into play, never listen to a Texan.