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The French Connection! C'est fini!

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Mikku:
The Motobecane’s all but done, so I took it out for a shakedown ride this morning and some initial pics. I like the way it rides but the trouble is I’m not quite feeling the way it looks. :(

The number one problem is the grips. I went for a bit of a blue theme - not too much but enough to accent the decals. I also wanted to use some A’me Tris that I picked up for a previous build but never used. However, as you can see from these first pics, the grips are a brighter shade of blue than the rest of the blue on the bike:-





So my first thought was to lose the grips (they’re only repops) and put some black ones on there instead. However, thinking outside the box, I remembered that I had a white seat floating about and thought I’d see what that looked like, since there’s also some white on the decals plus the back side of the Tioga CD disc is white. It’s not era-correct but doesn't look bad, and I think it detracts from the brightness of the grips. Anyway, here are some pics:-





So Radsters, what do you think looks or would look better - blue grips, black grips, black seat, white seat or a combination thereof?? I should add that I don’t want to spend any more money, so am making do with what I have. :daumenhoch:

MartyC:
I'm liking that a lot but you are right it looks a little out of sorts.  Blue seat for me, something like a Kashimax MX or an Aero would look good, I'd go for the spider and chaninring set-up rather than the single chainwheel and the front end needs fattening up with a 2.125 tyre to give it some balance.  What bars are they as they seem to have a lot of sweep on them  :-\.  I'd lower the seat too not by much maybe so the seat is level with the crossbar.

Sorry, don't mean to nit-pick I think it's cracking bike  :daumenhoch:

Mikku:
Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated! I actually have a blue Kashi MX but it's also the wrong shade plus I'm saving it for another build! Likewise the blue chainwheel I have. The bars are Win pros. :daumenhoch:

bodamus:
I think keep the black seat use black grips and put some blue donuts on them :daumenhoch:

Mikku:

--- Quote from: bodamus on September 18, 2016, 11:24 AM ---I think keep the black seat use black grips and put some blue donuts on them :daumenhoch:

--- End quote ---

I like that idea - cheap too!! :daumenhoch:  Anyone got any dark blue donuts they want to offload?  :D

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