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Yeah, because there produce their stock colours in larger quantities so can reduce the cost not the quality.
I’m pretty sure that they’d like to hear about it as not all their customers will be as easy going as you
furious_tiles-
Yeah, I'm sure you (and @Howard ) make a reasonable point. What I meant was that at least looking at Starling bikes online gives the impression that most of their frames are painted in one of the optional colours they are offering, and they obviously aren't a very high volume builder. So the £125 upcharge over the basic grey felt a bit cheeky, but that was OK by me regardless. And in all honesty, the upcharge let's you pick swing arm colour as well, and obviously I may be wrong about their cost structure. Anyway, in hindsight I probably shouldn't have said anything *shrug*.
paradroid
Yeah, maybe. I kinda feel it'd be disingenuous to complain as I really am happy with the frame as is. At the same time I don't think it was unfair to point this out, a minor criticism in a positive context. They choose to charge extra for the non-default colours, and I chose to pay for it.