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The first bike I remember with a black-on-black color scheme was the 1999 Cannondale Bad Boy. Back then, it was a bold look, gloss black decals on a black frame with black rims most components. I guess the idea was here was a stealth Cannondale you could safely park in urban settings without drawing attention to its premium brand.
In the many years since, I've seen a lot of other bikes with the all-black look. I feel like the popularity of this look peaked around 2010-2015 or so, maybe earlier. But I'm still seeing local Facebook "new bike day" posts of black bikes.
So what do you think? Has the black-on-black look been done to death? Do black bikes still matter? Is there a notable bike that took this look to new heights?
Another black bike of significance is the 1980's Cannondale Black Lightning road bike, but that bike had some tasteful gold bits (I guess that was the "lightning"). FWIW, I own a black-on-black 2014 Trance Advanced, but I don't think it's a great-looking bike.
In the many years since, I've seen a lot of other bikes with the all-black look. I feel like the popularity of this look peaked around 2010-2015 or so, maybe earlier. But I'm still seeing local Facebook "new bike day" posts of black bikes.
So what do you think? Has the black-on-black look been done to death? Do black bikes still matter? Is there a notable bike that took this look to new heights?
Another black bike of significance is the 1980's Cannondale Black Lightning road bike, but that bike had some tasteful gold bits (I guess that was the "lightning"). FWIW, I own a black-on-black 2014 Trance Advanced, but I don't think it's a great-looking bike.