Hi,
Please contribute your thoughts to these:
What are some common or popular colors for muni frames?
What are some uncommon colors for muni frames?
I am trying to figure out a color for a Muni frame with a black
Kovachi wheel with both black rim and black spokes.
consider also: Maguras will ultimately take off finish on the black rim showing the silver rim underneath.
oh yeah got the green seat with roach cover.
thoughts?
Workin the maze.
Go with your favourite colour Rod! 
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well you could paint it in your countries colors. Like me i think im gona paint mine red and white, with the words CANADA written on the side, and a maple leaf there to, just cuz i thought itd be cool,but whatever you like is what you should choose, pick the right color the first time, so you dont have to take time out from fiding for repainting it cuz you dont like teh color.
O.S.H.A Purple? Seems only fair to warn people…
Christopher
Why? Is it radioactive?
I think Safety Green would be more appropriate. Unicycles are safer than bikes.
john_childs
I never had to choose a color for a muni. I just end up with whatever color unicycle.com has in stock. My DM Vortex is yellow, my KH is black.
I would suggest a color other than black for the pedals. I went with an all black theme with my KH muni and am finding that it can be hard to see the pedals when riding a dimly lit trail under tree cover. I should have opted for the silver pedals even though that would have broken the all black theme.
Go to a bike shop and find a color that looks good on a bike frame. Some of the colors like the black & greyish colors used on the Rocky Mountain bikes can hide scratches better than other colors.
If you want to make a statement go for pink.
john_childs
Easy: Industrial flourescent ORANGE
I vote Industrial Orange although hot pink is a close second.
I’ve seen a lot of black unis and unis to match the miyata seat.
You could always splatter paint or hire your local graffiti artist to paint it.
john,
Shux, darn! 
The Tiger Drylac colors don’t have a light enough pink for my tastes. oh well.
Probably goin with canary yellow like the vortex, dunno.
Didn’t want red.
I feel that this is one of the best threads I have ever started, don’t you.
Work the maze.
Get it painted a nice chameleon color like all the fancy show cars.
Re: colors for muni frames?
We sell a pedal which I would describe if asked at Puke Orange!
http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdisplayproduct.asp?catalogid=36
it is by far the biggest selling colour in that range of pedals, what are
people like!
Roger
The UK’s Unicycle Source
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Re: colors for muni frames?
Colour?! Chrome is the only worthy choice of finish.
Hi,
My Hunter is Red. I like that. (Now only if the Profile stuff didn’t squeak so funny; I have yet to get that fixed).
I also like Sky Blue. If it is possible, I want a sky blue one.
I am also partial to purple, and to yellow-with-a-hint-of-orange-in-it. However, purple probably won’t look good on the trail. If you want a color to cheerfully peep through the layer of muck on the cycle, you want something like a yellow, red, sky blue, or chrome.
I liked the idea of Canada on the Muni, that would be cool. I’m from the USA, but red white and blue? Too dull. It might be cool to get a state flag done on the cycle. However, the Mississippi state flag stinks, and has that wee bit -o- racism in the corner, so I have to pass.
Maybe a white and green paint job with the state flower (magnolia) and state bird (mockingbird) on it?
Ah, screw it. I guess sky blue is easier.
Lewis
I would have to say a dark grayish silver at the top that fades into a metalic midnight blue would get you the most action if I had to guess.
Re: colors for muni frames?
On Tue, 21 May 2002 08:40:13 -0500,
Animation <Animation.509tn@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
> My Hunter is Red. I like that.
My sem XL is flourescent pink at the front fading through white at the
sides to floursecent green at the back. The seatpost is currently plain
chrome, but I’ve got one in the same pink/green colour scheme that I
intend to fit the other way round to the frame, so it’s green at the front
and pink at the back, just for variety.
Actually it’s looking a bit tatty - it’s about ten years since I painted
it and a few people have learnt on it since then, so it’s done its fair
share of bouncing off things. I was thinking of a zebra-stripe scheme
next.
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Re: Re: colors for muni frames?
Ian-
Do you have a photo of this lovely color scheme posted or are you able to post one?
Re: colors for muni frames?
On Tue, 21 May 2002 14:55:59 -0500,
harper <harper.50r6o@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
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> Ian Smith wrote:
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> > My sem XL is flourescent pink at the front fading through white at the
> > sides to floursecent green at the back.
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> Do you have a photo of this lovely color scheme posted or are you able
> to post one?
I’ll try and remember to add it to the finite element analysis page I’m
planning to write tomorrow, since you asked so nicely. As I said, the
paint is now somewhat tatty and I’m planning to repaint it soon, but
you’ll be able to imagine what it looked like 10 years ago.
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On Tue, 21 May 2002 14:55:59 -0500,
harper <harper.50r6o@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
> Ian Smith wrote:
> >
> > My sem XL is flourescent pink at the front fading through white at the
> > sides to floursecent green at the back.
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> Do you have a photo of this lovely color scheme posted or are you able
> to post one?
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Thanks, Ian. That IS nice. Did you paint it yourself? If so, how did you do the fade?
Re: colors for muni frames?
On Sat, 25 May 2002 15:29:59 -0500,
harper <harper.587gz@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:
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> Thanks, Ian. That IS nice. Did you paint it yourself? If so, how did you
> do the fade?
Yes I did it myself. It was all with spray-cans bought from a car parts
shop.
It’s two or three coats of opaque white high-reflectivity base coat, then
a can of pink and a can of green. The pink and green is a clear paint,
more like a coloured varnish or laquer - I think the strength of the
colour is because the light goes through the paint, reflects off the white
underneath and comes back through the coloured layer a second time. I
vaguely recollect the cans made some claim along those lines anyway.
The fade effect is simply the consequence of keeping the can in line with
the frame, so as the tube curves away from the spray of paint, it fades
out. It’s actually really easy to achieve with just a little practice on
something round.
The only real downside with this technique is that it results in a lot of
paint missing the frame - you need to rig up something behind teh frame
to catch the paint that missed.
It was topped with a clear laquer for durability, but it’s still not a
tough paint system.
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