What colour is the new 36" Nimbus?

[semach.the.monkey]

And the first person to answer "Blue" doesn't win any prizes at all!

No, what I'm looking for is the exact colour code. I'm guessing it's a
standard RAL colour, or possibly BS, or even pantone etc.

I've just won a set of Maguars on eBay* that look like they're in need
of a lick of paint. So, getting the right colour will not only help
them look better, but will leave me with something to repair any
scratches to the frame/T7 just in case I drop it in a big way :)

STM

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[tomblackwood]

I don't know the "exact" color, but I do know sometimes 'complimentary
colors' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_color) are a cooler
looking option than trying to match everything in one color. On my
son's Nimbus 36", we offset the blue by using yellow for both his water
bottle holder-frame, and for the zip ties that hold his cyclometer
cable. It is a very sharp combination.


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[cathwood]

Mine's lilac. Does that help?


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[thejdw]

just looks blue to me! haha, do I win a prize?


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[semach.the.monkey]

tomblackwood wrote:
> I don't know the "exact" color, but I do know sometimes 'complimentary
> colors' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_color) are a cooler
> looking option than trying to match everything in one color. On my
> son's Nimbus 36", we offset the blue by using yellow for both his water
> bottle holder-frame, and for the zip ties that hold his cyclometer
> cable. It is a very sharp combination.



I'd agree that accessories can look better in a complementary colour...
but touching up a scratch would just highlight it a bit too much! :D

There's going to be a few bits added to the T7 handle anyway, so it
won't hurt for one or two bits to be camoflarged.

Oh, and Cathwood, have you got the RAL number for your lilac Nimbus?
I'm sure that's close enough to the colour of mine :p

STM


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[Brian MacKenzie]

semach.the.monkey wrote:
> I'd agree that accessories can look better in a complementary colour...
> but touching up a scratch would just highlight it a bit too much! :D
>
> STM




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[semach.the.monkey]

Brian MacKenzie wrote:
> Don't fall



Hey, as good intentioned as it might be, you can't fool me. I know
that you stole that quote from any one of a thousand posts giving
advice to newbies or people attempting a new/dangerous trick! :D

STM


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[Brian MacKenzie]

semach.the.monkey wrote:
> Hey, as good intentioned as it might be, you can't fool me. I know that
> you stole that quote from any one of a thousand posts giving advice to
> newbies or people attempting a new/dangerous trick! :D
>
> STM




you got me. i was gonna say practice, but that didn't seem to fit


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[kington99]

semach.the.monkey wrote:
>
> * Thanks for the tip off Kington99. That's another one I owe you!



Well after making you fork out for the nimbus in the first place i feel
slightly better that I've saved you some money.


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[johnfoss]

semach.the.monkey wrote:
> No, what I'm looking for is the exact colour code. I'm guessing it's a
> standard RAL colour, or possibly BS, or even pantone etc.


I think Pantone applies only to inks/printing. I don't know about BS or
RAL. To match a paint color you probably need the brand and that
company's name or reference number for the paint in question. Maybe
Roger Davies can help you out, as he may have been the one to spec
those unicycles.


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[redwelly]

I'm sure the answer would just be to ask Roger.

I know he was using some brand of car touch-up paint to do some minor
spots on his prototype Nimbus 36 frame before painted full production
ones were around. So I guess that there is a 'Mazda Azure Blue' or
somesuch which matches the colour well.

Sam


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[Hazmat]

My coker will soon be powdercoated with the australian flag design on
it. Me like very much. :D :D


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[underdog]

Hazmat wrote:
> My coker will soon be powdercoated with the australian flag design on
> it. Me like very much. :D :D


Be sure to post pix when it's done.


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[semach.the.monkey]

redwelly wrote:
> I'm sure the answer would just be to ask Roger.
>
> I know he was using some brand of car touch-up paint to do some minor
> spots on his prototype Nimbus 36 frame before painted full production
> ones were around. So I guess that there is a 'Mazda Azure Blue' or
> somesuch which matches the colour well.
>
> Sam



Yes, I knew Roger would know the answer, but I also know he reads stuff
in here, so thought it might benefit others. I've emailed him anyway,
so if he doesn't reply in here, I'll let you all know.

I suspect that as the frame is powder coated rather than sprayed that
it is probably a RAL colour rather than a car colour... but we'll see
:)

STM


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[Chrashing]

I'd certainly like to know the color. My Nimbus has a couple scratches.


Twice I've tried using model paint from the hobby shop. It looked
perfect in the bottle, but when applied, not even close.


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[mscalisi]

Personally, I think between KH unicycles, and now the Nimbus 36er, there
is too much blue in the unicycle community.

Why not just paint the whole thing a different color. Like orange :-)


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[cathwood]

mscalisi wrote:
> Personally, I think between KH unicycles, and now the Nimbus 36er, there
> is too much blue in the unicycle community.
>
> Why not just paint the whole thing a different color. Like orange :-)



Or lilac.


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[Chris.James]

cathwood wrote:
> Or lilac.


or pink

or green

or go like muniaddict's kh24 and just strip everything off of it.

you could call it a naked cok


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[semach.the.monkey]

Well, for those of you interested, I've got the official answer from
Roger;

We don't do spare paints, sorry about that. The colour is
specified as
YS-PC-20176 it does not have a ral number from what I can tell but it
may be possible to find one with a little bit of searching on the
net.

I've not been able to track it down on the net, but will have a bit
more of a search this weekend.

STM


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