In the pink (but not yet).

The pink bike is on hold at the moment.

Sadly, the powdercoaters called me today to let me know that they did not have RAL 4010 (aka Telemagenta) in stock, and would have to order it from out of state. Then they called me back to see if I wanted another color.

So I looked at the powdercoating color chart, and I considered luminous red, luminous yellow, luminous orange, and gold over a white basecoat.

In the process I also found what might be the most politically incorrect color name ever, which is odd, as most of the color names are relatively innocuous, like traffic blue, grass green, and strawberry red.

But then, there's color number RAL 1021, which is called, I kid you not:

RAPE YELLOW.

Now, obviously, this color is named after the bright yellow flowers of the canola (aka rape) plant, rather than the sex crime, but you'd think that in this day and age, they might go ahead and update the color charts with something new.

Be that as it may, after a few minutes of clicking around, I realized that if I'm going for something truly hilarious with this bike build, I'd better stick with my guns and have them order up the telemagenta powder coat.

I also learned that telemagenta got its name because the color magenta has been copyrighted in Germany by the T-mobile telephone company, and other companies have been sued by them for using that color. So not only do Germans love David Hasselhoff, they also allow the trademarking of colors.

But they should get the powder in next week sometime, and hopefully I'll get the frame back next weekend. Must hurry up and buy the rest of the parts, as I can't wait to get this one built.