When did Ribble cycles stop the frame colour option?

[WorcesteRob]

Just wondered if anyone can remember when and why Ribble cycles stopped the option to choose a frame colour from a variety of colours, I remember fondly purchasing a canary yellow model about 15 years ago and that was just one of their many colour choices.

 

[fossyant]

When these plastic bikes came out.

 

[WorcesteRob]

When these plastic bikes came out.

plastic bikes???

 

[fossyant]

plastic bikes???

Carbon !

 

[fossyant]

PS I've got a Ribble 653 myself - a very nice metallic white and green one !

 

[Smokin Joe]

It's a shame, virtually all manufacturers used to give a comprehensive choice of colour schemes, now it's down to which shade of boring black you want to be stuck with.