The colour of luggage?

[ianfitz]

Mine seems to be all entirely different colours. Bright yellow, green, red, black. I’m not bothered about matchy-matchy but understand that some people are.

The last frame bag I had made is silver grey but the others are black.

[psling]

Would I be right in thinking that to access that roll-top frame bag it needs to be removed from the frame?
Or does it bellow out to the side?

[jameso]

If anyone's buying bags for the colour more than the function etc, I'd be OK with losing that customer in order to focus on having a full range, consistent stock and above all, really good product and service. You risk more by getting stock balance wrong, lack of options etc? Once on track, then I'd look at colour options if there's demand.

This is my quandary James. 'Tis very much a double edged sword with pros and cons either way.

When I started work on Pinnacle bikes the first 2 year's ranges were mostly techy greys, black, white etc - nothing divisive, just safe and credible looking to get the product established. The bright/strong block colours came in once it was more established and the company had confidence in what we were doing, then it was a good time to stand out and we could afford to be divisive as the possible flipside to being noticed. We did have colour options on a few volume-selling bikes for a while but the increase in sales was minimal, risk of giving an option we couldn't fulfil wasn't worth it. Create options, create chance of disappointment? Not saying all that's right, just fwiw. Some brands establish themselves with colour, you just need to be really in tune with what/why/how, prob doesn't work for all brands or markets.

[PaulB2]

All of my current gear is either black or grey so that's my totally selfish preference. I've been looking at getting a new top tube bag, since my current one doesn't play well with the straps on my frame bag, so this is good timing.

[Bearbonesnorm]

Would I be right in thinking that to access that roll-top frame bag it needs to be removed from the frame?
Or does it bellow out to the side?

No Peter, the bag stays in place. I'll get some puctures sorted before too long - they should explain it.

If anyone's buying bags for the colour more than the function etc, I'd be OK with losing that customer in order to focus on having a full range, consistent stock and above all, really good product and service. You risk more by getting stock balance wrong, lack of options etc? Once on track, then I'd look at colour options if there's demand.

Aye, this is currently my thinking James.

[Alpinum]

I could once get a few meters of X-Pac for a good price. In yellow.
If I choose to make robust bags, I use this yellow fabric.
If I choose to make very lightweight bags, I use left overs from PU/Sil-coated fabrics from shelters etc. Mostly grey, black and white. Of course there's a reason for those 'colours' for a shelter, less so for bikepacking bags.

Generally I think more colour in our life is just fine.
Grey, black, dark blue, dark green, dark brown... it has an Orwellian thing to it.
Brigthen it up!

[ScotRoutes]

Generally I think more colour in our life is just fine.
Grey, black, dark blue, dark green, dark brown... it has an Orwellian thing to it.
Brigthen it up!

If it ain't flouro, then what's the point?

[ootini]

I loved the look of the Alpamayo stuff, primarily white and blue on black. Looked great.

That said, when it comes to handing over cash I don't care in the slightest. The only time I specified a colour was for my stem cells, and all I was interested in was that they weren't the same colour, so as to be able to differentiate between them, I.e I know what's in them at a glance, without having to open up and rummage.. Black and grey, in case you're interested.

[Oli.vert]

I've oft thought about this, and why it is that our colour preferences in the UK are so muted dull and come down to dark blue, green, brown or black - and more black.
The colours of cars in the UK which apart from silver and a dull red generally conform to the above. Continental Europe the car colours are far brighter generally. I think it's down to the quality of the light we have, with so much humidity we have a very soft washed out light that makes bright colours not quite suit our general national mood, which lets face it is a bit glum. West coast US is brighter again, and so far brighter colours seem to work there - look at the output of many of the specialist cycle luggage makers out there and you'll see stuff that the UK public just wouldnt buy in any numbers.
So - black please Stu.

There was a wetsuit manufacturer in the UK long ago famous for making a huge range of colours available. They nearly went bust because the huge amount of fabric they had to carry, and consequent waste when the flavour of the month changed. Now, they offer black with blue or silver highlights and doing very well.

That's 2 good reasons to stick with black.

[johnnystorm]

I got an orange set from Alpkit to match my on one fatty. Looked amazing until it faded. I'll stick with black/grey from now on.

[macinblack]

Whilst colour choice is nice, function is more important. It's also nice that there will be a consideration to environmental impact ( So durability plays apart too here.) Looks like the strong concensus is black and so that's what I would go with.

Black it is then, like my twisted soul.

[Jamesh]

My kit is a mix of grey, black and the light and dark multicam patterns. Pretty standard, but at least they won't fade.
A shade other than black is a nice point of difference.

Am partial to a bit of these
https://www.ovejanegrabikepacking.com/c ... collection

[Ray Young]

Welsh tartan? Just a thought.