Pull out the paint

Here's a great little pic a mate I ride with, Dave, took last week in Covent Garden. Apparently they're used for bike tours taken around the London area.

I, for one, am all for this delicious splash of cycling colour. There are SOOO MANY black and white bikes on the road these days. How about we get real freaky and crack open the paint cans? Come on bike manufacturers/buyers, a little bit of pizazz, yeah I said pizazz!, won't kill you. (You'll notice in the 'Who am I' section of this blog that my bike is white. People in glass houses Charlie).

It should be stated that Bianchi bikes have long championed their Celeste as a point of difference in the black and white world of paint jobs.

Image source: bikejournal.com

But, since we're amongst friends here, let's be honest, it's not exactly the best choice from the colour palette. I feel there are two types in this world that are guaranteed to like the famous Celeste, Italians and Turtles. Italians because of nationalistic pride in the brand and rightly so. Turtles because...um..I dunno, just seems like they would, go with it.

ANYWAY,

It's another thing the Poms are doing right when it comes to bikes. I can just hear their joyful cries:

"If the sky's always grey, our bikes are always bright!"

Or something along those lines.
So let's take a spoke out of their wheel and have a bit of a paint fight. Most importantly -

 KEEP CALM AND CYCLE ON! 

I think the company that runs the tours is Brake Away bike tours. If anyone can clear that up for us it'd be much appreciated!