Pace RC200 build -Help required

[JeRkY]

OK, im totally confused as to how to build my RC200 F5.

So far I have the following available:

Pace RC200 Frame
Red middleburn hubbed wheels
Red Flite ti
Black flite ti
Magura HS33 (black calipers & gold lever blades)
Pace RC36 pro class (gold ti-nitrade stancheons)
Black Thomson stem
Black Thomson Seatpost
Black acros Aheadset
Black Raceface turbines

My original wish was to go for a redbuild...hence the red bits, however the purchase of the black / gold HS33's made me think to go all sam sparrow (black and gold) with the build. I thought about having the middleburn hubs dipped and re-anodized in gold, also giving the same treatment to a new stem & post.

Currently I dont have enough of any colour scheme to assemble the complete bike.

I am now constantly being torn between which scheme to build it on.

So which to go for...and where? Black seatpost or gold seatpost etc for the black & gold route?
Red/black/silver seatpost for the red route...?

I'm just having so much trouble picturing it in my head in any of the finishes at the moment.

...confused/lost/in need of direction or inspiration.

 

[neilll]

If it's any help....here is a pic of mine in total black/silver mode (ignore the SID blue booster, that was just a kludge for the Peaks Meet)

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/mai ... emId=47870

 

[Kestonian]

I'm assuming the frame is silver?

I have mine done with red trimmings and it looks fab, but to be honest, any classic, dark colours on a silver Pace look the nuts. Black and gold would be nice and understated.

If you do decide against the red flite .....

 

[FluffyChicken]

Why not build it up with what you have, take some pictures and post them here...

 

[cherrybomb]

I know it's not exactly the same, but I built up my black Clockwork with a pair of gold stanchioned proclass forks and red anno bits.

It just didn't look right, so it now has rigid forks which will be painted to match the frame.

If it was me, I'd go with the gold and black theme you've started with the forks and magura's and build on that. Save the red bling for something else.

 

[JeRkY]

neilll I suspect mine could well end up looking very much like yours... I have some porcs sat here for it too

I have just got back and looked at the frame with (generic) black post & red wheel/flite fitted...it does look sort of good.

Im hopefully collecting the forks tomorrow and I think the cheque is still in the post on the way to the maguras. But I should be able to rig it up sans brakes fairly quickly.

 

[neilll]

neilll I suspect mine could well end up looking very much like yours... I have some porcs sat here for it too

Before you get too carried away with a clone of mine, here's what's on that bike now

Hope Ti-Glide hubs (in gunmetal) on NOS (well, before the Peaks they were :roll: ) X517 rims.
Middleburn RS7 cranks - silver
Silver chain rings (mixture currently...)
Black HS11 Magura (soon to be swapped for HS33 RaceLines)
Black Hyperlights
Black X-lite Stubbie Pro bar ends
Syncros Cattleprod - black
Syncros seatpost - black
RC36 Pro Class (TiNi)
Flite - black
XT/DX/Deore mechs/thumbies
Skewers - currently blue Cook Bros
Tyres - Porc 2's
Cassette - 11/30 HyperGlide
BB - Shimano

 

[Boothy]

Sounds like you could be going for gold (as Matthew Kelly once said).....

So why not sell me that Red filte so I can finish off my red build RC200!

Boothy.

 

[s_zigmond]

Sounds like you could be going for gold (as Matthew Kelly once said).....

So why not sell me that Red filte so I can finish off my red build RC200!

Boothy.

Thats just what i was going to say!!

 

[JeRkY]

ooh I detect a bidding war :twisted: