why is british racing green the new hot color?
How is it that this color came to be? I can remember 3-4 years back, the color in question used to be forest green, or some thing of that nature (pun intended). Now everything that has that darker than normal green, is this british racing color.
What erks the hell out of me about this is....
- what the hell is so british about green? I mean, i guess technically, ireland is a part of "great brittan", however, i feel like green is pretty represetative of JUST irealnd, and not ALL of Great Brittan.
- What KIND of racing are we talking here. This would put me high in the running for worlds longest post if i were to post every type of race that can be had.
- Is it EVERY race? The answer to that is no. I've seen brittish teams race. They dont wear green. Unless they're from ireland. In that case, see the first bulletpoint.
- if its a brittish race, are all participants forced to adorn THAT color? How the hell could you tell who the winner is, if everybody in the field had the same color green on?
- why does every a-hole have to suggest it whenever green is brought up "no, its not lime green, its sort of a brittish racing green" or "im thinking chrome lugs, white bartape, and a brittish racing green headset"
- Whenever it is suggested, the suggestor says it in a matter-of-fact sort of manner, like everybody should know the answers to the swarm of questions that the "brittish racing" part of the color brings up. Im willing to bet everybody is as perplexed as i am, but have just accepted it and act like they know (a social tendency that i have always LOATHED)
When i start frame buiding, i am specifically going to to make a norweigan racing pink frame just to piss people like me off, or to see if it can get the lames to make it trendy.
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The problem with British Racing Green is that it is notoriously bad luck some folks have actually researched this...
Here's a tidbit from http://tinyurl.com/dyw22z
But how did this come about? 'We researched this extensively, and the only thing we could find out was that the first speedway fatality was one of the Chevrolet brothers in California who was killed in a green car. And it was the first accident that killed two drivers. Two drivers had never been killed in a racing accident before. ... That led to the superstition that green cars are bad luck.'"
Maybe its just bad carma - (misspelling intentional) to greenwash motorcars - doubt if it carries over to bikes : )
i can remember many of the British 24 hr le mans racing cars and f1 cars of old wore British racing green. the jaguar d types and the newer Bentley machine are a few that come to mind. it kinda like the Germans and their silver BMW and Mercedes machines.
i kinda like the color
would it be bad taste to span the last decade with a black, white, pink, UPS brown, british racing green bike?
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