Paint schemes

[gareth01244]

Having just uploaded a few new photos of my Ian May bike I went online to research bikes from 1996 as it's a date stamped on the BB and it brought up an Eddy merckx titane with a very similar paint job. My question is, did frame painters copy each other designs, where there other paint schemes that found there way onto other brands bikes?

 

[midlife]

There are only so many paint schemes lol. That's why they went all fade /fluoro / fishnet /art decor

 

[Smokin Joe]

In many cases they were inspired by colour schemes that caught their eye, though in that case it looks like a straight copy. It could have been requested by the original purchaser, I knew a few people who had frames build with paint schemes that were replicas of pro team bikes, most notably Faema and Molteni when Mexckx was in his pomp.

 

[BalkanExpress]

As @midlife says there has always been a lot of paint schemes”inspired “ by the big brands.I have a Merckx with that scheme, which was one of the house styles at that time. Colnago’s art decor, the one wuth the cyclist on the top tube, has been used by many others.

 

[rogerzilla]

"Dudley" Orbits from the early 90s used a fairly unique soft checkerboard effect. I assume they sprayed the second colour through a mask held some distance from the frame. Never saw anyone copy that.

 

[midlife]

Then there's the sooty candle effect......

 

[DRM]

A certain well known Chinese online market place and purveyors of any and everything you can think of had knock off Pinerello frames in Sky colours, even one with the Rhinos head graphic on it like Chris Froome’s, along with the kit, all you needed was an inhaler and you too could be a pro, just shows that nothing changes, people want a copy of the equipment their heroes use, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were already selling knock off Team Ineos kit.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I just bought an airbrush the other day. Look for more mischief to follow.