I’ve been stuck for over 2 weeks trying to decide on which colors to choose for my new bike. It’s an Orbea, so I can pick and match plenty of colors, but I just can’t pick the final design. I really like their yellow and sky blue, but I’m not sure if combining both makes the bike too flashy? I’m not a fan of stealth look, but I also don’t want a Christmas show. Here’s my current “final” pick, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it!
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That’s nice! I like the blue on top too, though I’d keep the seat post black.
Personally , I am more a stealth fan but if I had to pick colours, I’d have a combo of red (for suffering), white (for the purity of suffering) and black (for suffering).
Edit: I should add that I love the range of colours on other people’s bikes and admire their often bold choices, the bolder the better. It’s just that I’ve never felt I could pull it off myself so keep all my flash to my socks 
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and the KoS decal would look pretty swell on that too!!
Edit: I’m a sucker for classic colours and I can’t see myself ever tiring of that combo.
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Can you work up a version with the red on the bottom?
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Of course. You can also play with the colors yourself using this link.
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nah, red looks better as the top colour. Your instinct was right. If I saw that in a store, I’d buy it (that is, if it were completely black with a mat finish lol!!)
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FWIW I prefer the original Blue/Yellow combo although yes maybe a black seatpost, and no I don’t think it’s too flashy.
To my eyes the red top, white bottom combo looks like it should say “Trek” on the downtube.
Personal opinion - the correct colour for a road bike is matt bare titanium.
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The first thought that popped into my head when I saw that was the Ukrainian flag. It does look very nice.
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That’s funny because I was also looking at the Madone and almost all of them are indeed red.
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That was my impression as well and what initially kept me away from it - I don’t want my bike being mistaken for a political message by some idiot and thrashing it (I’ve heard it happening to cars with Ukrainian flag stickers).
Fair point and not something I’d thought about but yes, (sadly) a good reason to maybe choose something else.
I love it, especially with the blue seat post
I’d fight you over that 
It’s the “rule” of thirds…
Edit: though I still prefer the red top, white bottom, black everywhere else. This is SUFFERLANDRIA!!! 
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I really like the blue/yellow Ukrainian colour scheme you already have… Looks great.
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That’s certainly a unique approach, but the colors do work well together.
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I would suggest you can’t go wrong with any color, as long as they’re all black.
Sir @Glen.Coutts, your photoshop skills please 
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