I love shiny new bikes that have colour co-ordination. I think my two bikes pay homage to it.
One happens to be a bmx and I really dont care what condition my parts end up in, al the gold bits i bought apart from he hubs are now silver from crashing the frame is battered, my left chainstay and bb area have nice grind marks all over it, my cranks look like theyve seen better days.
I like the nice shiny new look but once I start riding after a week or so I dont care I just abuse my bikes.