diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/custom_netzke_helpers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/custom_netzke_helpers.js
index b46baa7..443ea9e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/custom_netzke_helpers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/custom_netzke_helpers.js
@@ -3,3 +3,150 @@ Ext.Ajax.on('requestexception', function(conn, response, options) {
   if (response.status === 401) { window.location = '/users/sign_in'; }
 }, this);
 
+Ext.define('Ext.ux.form.field.ColorCombo', {
+    extend:'Ext.form.FieldContainer',
+    mixins:{
+        field:'Ext.form.field.Field'
+    },
+    alias: 'widget.xcolorcombo',
+
+    //configurables
+    combineErrors: true,
+    msgTarget: 'under',
+    layout: 'hbox',
+    readOnly: false,
+
+    // properties
+    colorValue: null,
+    /**
+     * @property dateField
+     * @type Ext.form.field.Date
+     */
+    colorField: null,
+
+    initComponent: function(){
+        var me = this
+            ,i = 0
+            ,key
+            ,tab;
+
+        me.items = me.items || [];
+
+        me.colorField = Ext.create('Ext.form.field.Trigger', {
+            flex:1,
+            isFormField:false, //exclude from field query's
+            submitValue:false,
+            readOnly: me.readOnly,
+            onTriggerClick: function() {
+              //needs to be called twice because?
+              me.picker.alignTo(me.colorField.inputEl);
+              me.picker.show();
+              me.picker.alignTo(me.colorField.inputEl);
+              me.picker.show();
+            }
+        });
+        me.items.push(me.colorField);
+
+        me.picker = Ext.create('Ext.picker.Color', {
+          renderTo: document.body,
+          floating: true,
+          hidden: true,
+          style: {
+            backgroundColor: "#fff"
+          },
+          listeners: {
+            scope:this,
+            select: function(field, value, opts){
+              me.setValue(value);
+              me.picker.hide();
+            }
+          }
+        });
+        me.items.push(me.picker);
+
+        for (; i < me.items.length; i++) {
+            me.items[i].on('focus', Ext.bind(me.onItemFocus, me));
+            me.items[i].on('blur', Ext.bind(me.onItemBlur, me));
+            me.items[i].on('specialkey', function(field, event){
+                key = event.getKey();
+                tab = key == event.TAB;
+
+                if (tab && me.focussedItem == me.dateField) {
+                    event.stopEvent();
+                    me.timeField.focus();
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                me.fireEvent('specialkey', field, event);
+            });
+        }
+
+        me.callParent();
+
+        // this dummy is necessary because Ext.Editor will not check whether an inputEl is present or not
+        this.inputEl = {
+            dom: document.createElement('div'),
+            swallowEvent:function(){}
+        };
+
+        me.initField();
+    },
+    focus:function(){
+        this.callParent(arguments);
+        this.colorField.focus();
+        var me = this;
+    },
+
+    onItemFocus:function(item){
+        if (this.blurTask){
+            this.blurTask.cancel();
+        }
+        this.focussedItem = item;
+    },
+
+    onItemBlur:function(item, e){
+        var me = this;
+        if (item != me.focussedItem){ return; }
+        // 100ms to focus a new item that belongs to us, otherwise we will assume the user left the field
+        me.blurTask = new Ext.util.DelayedTask(function(){
+            me.picker.hide();
+            me.fireEvent('blur', me, e);
+        });
+        me.blurTask.delay(100);
+    },
+
+    getValue: function(){
+        var value = null
+            ,color = this.colorField.getSubmitValue();
+
+        if (color){
+          value = this.colorField.getValue();
+        }
+        return value;
+    },
+
+    getSubmitValue: function(){
+//        var value = this.getValue();
+//        return value ? Ext.Date.format(value, this.dateTimeFormat) : null;
+
+        var me = this
+            ,value = me.getValue();
+
+        return value;
+    },
+
+    setValue: function(value){
+        this.colorField.setValue(value);
+    },
+    // Bug? A field-mixin submits the data from getValue, not getSubmitValue
+    getSubmitData: function(){
+        var me = this
+            ,data = null;
+
+        if (!me.disabled && me.submitValue && !me.isFileUpload()) {
+            data = {};
+            data[me.getName()] = '' + me.getSubmitValue();
+        }
+        return data;
+    }
+});
diff --git a/app/components/bikes.rb b/app/components/bikes.rb
index 9897742..225c70d 100644
--- a/app/components/bikes.rb
+++ b/app/components/bikes.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ class Bikes < Netzke::Basepack::Grid
                     end
                   }
       },
-      :color,
+      #needs to have type :action or else won't work in grid, because... netzke
+      { :name => "color", :text => "Frame Color", :type => :action, :editor => { :xtype => "xcolorcombo"}, :renderer => :color_block},
       { :name => :bike_style__style, :text => 'Style' },
       { :name => :seat_tube_height, :text => 'Seat Tube (in)'},
       { :name => :top_tube_length, :text => 'Top Tube (in)'},
@@ -32,6 +33,23 @@ class Bikes < Netzke::Basepack::Grid
     ]
   end
 
+  def default_fields_for_forms
+    [
+      { :name => :shop_id, :field_label => 'Shop ID'},
+      :serial_number,
+      { :name => :bike_brand__brand, :field_label => 'Brand' },
+      { :name => :bike_model__model, :field_label => 'Model'},
+      { :name => "color", :xtype => "xcolorcombo"},
+      { :name => :bike_style__style, :field_label => 'Style' },
+      { :name => :seat_tube_height, :field_label => 'Seat Tube (in)'},
+      { :name => :top_tube_length, :field_label => 'Top Tube (in)'},
+      { :name => :wheel_size, :field_label => 'Wheel Size (in)'},
+      :value,
+      { :name => :bike_condition__condition, :field_label => 'Condition'},
+      { :name => :bike_status__status, :field_label => 'Status'}
+    ]
+  end
+
   #override with nil to remove actions
   def default_bbar
     [ :apply, :add_in_form, :search ]
diff --git a/app/components/bikes/javascripts/init_component.js b/app/components/bikes/javascripts/init_component.js
index 402ef15..e152db1 100644
--- a/app/components/bikes/javascripts/init_component.js
+++ b/app/components/bikes/javascripts/init_component.js
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@
       // The beauty of using Ext.Direct: calling 3 endpoints in a row, which results in a single call to the server!
       this.selectBikeBrand({bike_brand_id: record.get('bike_brand__brand')});
     }, this);
+  },
+  colorBlock: function(value){
+    return Ext.String.format('<div style="display:inline-block">{1}</div><div style="background-color:#{0};width:50px;height:10px;display:inline-block;margin:0 5px 0 5px;border:solid;border-color:gray;border-width:1px;"></div>', value, value);
   }
 }