I’d honestly get a black seat post and leave the stem. And if it was me I’d also get a colored saddle to match as close to the bike color as I could or a pink one to match the accent color. But It looks good as is as well.
brad35mm on
Black pedals, leave the rest
jorimaa on
needs either fully silver or full black cranks
ZeroFrmHoles on
Black seatpost and you’re golden. The silver crank will compliment the headset and rims, the chainrings will compliment the stem and seatpost.
Edit: typo
stfulmaog2g on
going polish would be tantamount to riding around with a venti salted caramel, and a pair of ray-bans. up to you to decide if that is abhorrent or not
Zero-Phucks on
At this point it’s much easier to buy a black seatpost and paint the crank arms black to match everything up that way. The stem is likely anodised and will take lots of effort including some nasty chemicals to polish up, and those chainrings will be painted steel, so will rust up quickly if you polish them out too.
If you really must go silver, then I’d be buying new components. You’ll thank me for the days of time you’ll not be spending stripping and polishing stuff.
GunTotinVeganCyclist on
I vote polish. I just polished some parts bin aluminum flat bars and it looks sick, near perfectly matches the chrome.
Adfeu on
It’s super sweet already. Keep doing it
negativeyoda on
Oven cleaner and scotch Brite will get that silver satin look. Try it with a junker part first and see if you like the results
MaksDampf on
I’d polish just the stem. You got too many silver parts already for a black seatpost to match. Pro-tipp: Use go-devil (NaOH) to get rid of the anodization quickly, then its much easier to polish.
I actually like the black chainrings. You could also just polish the outer ones, so it looks like a Singlespeed crank if you squint your eyes.
A Pink rear axle nut and chainring screws or crank cap would look great. You can also get M5 & M6 anodized pink screws fairly cheap for those little details. They are not as stiff as steel ones though. Be careful, especially with the crank nut – its important to use a steel screw to get a god seat of the taper first.
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I’d honestly get a black seat post and leave the stem. And if it was me I’d also get a colored saddle to match as close to the bike color as I could or a pink one to match the accent color. But It looks good as is as well.
Black pedals, leave the rest
needs either fully silver or full black cranks
Black seatpost and you’re golden. The silver crank will compliment the headset and rims, the chainrings will compliment the stem and seatpost.
Edit: typo
going polish would be tantamount to riding around with a venti salted caramel, and a pair of ray-bans. up to you to decide if that is abhorrent or not
At this point it’s much easier to buy a black seatpost and paint the crank arms black to match everything up that way. The stem is likely anodised and will take lots of effort including some nasty chemicals to polish up, and those chainrings will be painted steel, so will rust up quickly if you polish them out too.
If you really must go silver, then I’d be buying new components. You’ll thank me for the days of time you’ll not be spending stripping and polishing stuff.
I vote polish. I just polished some parts bin aluminum flat bars and it looks sick, near perfectly matches the chrome.
It’s super sweet already. Keep doing it
Oven cleaner and scotch Brite will get that silver satin look. Try it with a junker part first and see if you like the results
I’d polish just the stem. You got too many silver parts already for a black seatpost to match. Pro-tipp: Use go-devil (NaOH) to get rid of the anodization quickly, then its much easier to polish.
I actually like the black chainrings. You could also just polish the outer ones, so it looks like a Singlespeed crank if you squint your eyes.
A Pink rear axle nut and chainring screws or crank cap would look great. You can also get M5 & M6 anodized pink screws fairly cheap for those little details. They are not as stiff as steel ones though. Be careful, especially with the crank nut – its important to use a steel screw to get a god seat of the taper first.