Blackwalls or tanwalls?

[NHAero]

New tire day on the Bingham, first time with tanwalls (hey, on sale!)

Whaddya like better?

[tellyho]

On that bike, with your excess of accent color , I think black is better. Too much going on with the tan.

[OtayBW]

Yeah I think your bike is largely all neutral 'colors' so either work for me. There's not enough pop to the tan sidewalls to make a big difference. YMMV.

[dr.dre]

Tan!

[Roberto Yunge]

I`m all for tan walls, but for titanium with a black fork, black tires look better IMO.

[CAAD]

Tan for sure.

[EB]

The answer of course is yes.

[mj0]

Black tires for gravel/mtb so you can mix and match tires for whatever terrain you're riding

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by EB

The answer of course is yes.

[Likes2ridefar]

I like the black better.

[CBaron]

Back in the early days, I exclusively ran the Tioga gunwall tires where the tread was also "tan". Likewise, white Smoke/Dart tires were the rage too.

-CJB

[hkgmatt]

Black for me. I used to have tan wall tires as a kid and don’t like to go back.

[LouDeeter]

I like tan from the cockpit. Easier to see whether a tire is going low than all-black. From the side, I like the black better on that bike.

[Ozz]

Bare Ti = black for continuing that industrial look
Painted = tan sidewalls for classic look

IMHO

[NHAero]

Originally Posted by Ozz

Bare Ti = black for continuing that industrial look
Painted = tan sidewalls for classic look

IMHO

The next set are in the drawer and they are black. I switched my '72 Bob Jackson to Conti GP5000 700Cx32 and DT Swiss wheels in the past year, and it is black paint with white panels, and mostly silver bits. With the black rims with the shiny silver brake track I think it would look better with tan walls.

Yes, I know the stem should be silver. Hey, we've already determined I'm in the Remedial Class of Bicycle Aesthetics.