In the past Surly have done some nice colours for the LHT, however the stock colour for 2010 is Blue or Black.
Now, I've never liked black bikes. They're too commuter-ish. And although the blue is nice, my MTB is blue and I fancy a different colour.
Still, I wrote to Surly:
Hey there,
I'm very much into building up a LHT but not too enamoured by the colours, so I thought I'd ask what the 2011 colour scheme might be if there's a colour change.
No worries if not, I'll just get the frame resprayed.
And they replied (probably wondering why I'd spelt colour wrong):
The 2011 LHT will look just like the 2010 – black and blue all over (again).
No color change is in the works. Warm up the powder coater.
Thanks,
Eric Sovern
Surly Bikes
So, seems like I may be off to Armourtex. Now, what colour shall I go for?
4 comments:
I like my Olive Trucker a lot, although the Truckaccino looks a lot nicer in person (with nice honey leather Brooks &c...)
The black does build into a very nice bike - there's a striking build somewhere on the LHT group using polished silver finishing kit that's stunning, imo.
FWIW, my favourite ever trucker colour was the Dark Cherry they did a couple of seasons ago.
Is the dark cherry colour the same as the Steamroller colour in my picture? We called it beetroot poo here.
It is a really colour.
I was hoping to go for a colour that may compliment a honey or brown. I'm still searching for inspiration online.
Naw, Dark Cherry was an almost burgundy red - looked bloody great, but chipped easily, apparently.
I was also disappointed to see that Surly was offering that grotesque blue, and standard Ford black, it's alright though as I got my olive green while I still could, although I did have my hearts set on the Dark Cherry, or Sage Green
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