1999 Trek 5500 USPS - Colored tires?

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DWatkinsBSB
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by DWatkinsBSB

Quick one: wrapping up a winter bike/crit race build on a 1999 Trek 5500 USPS (Full DA-7700).

Random pics off the internet to help:
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Bars, seat post, stem, saddle all black.

Tires: all black or black with the blue stripe? They will be Michelin Pro4 Service Course Comp:
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Thanks for your opinion!

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ill principe
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by ill principe

Between those options, definitely all black. But the best looking setup would be gumwall.

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by AJS914

I've never liked color coordinated tires but to each his own.

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by DWatkinsBSB

Cheers, Principe. Got that gumwall look on my Colnago Master Olympic with them Vittoria Open Corsa SC... looks like I'm going full black. Thanks

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by BikeAnon

Blue-walls.

A part of the appeal of this bike is the graphics. Why go with the tires everyone else on the road is running?

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