"Brown" bikes. Love 'em? Hate 'em? Got pics?
 

This seems to be a pretty below the radar color on the Forum. Is there a reason for that? I like brown bikes. Thinking of redoing a lugged steel frame with RAL 8014 (sepia brown) with white/cream on the lugs and similar paneling.

On the other hand, a good friend and client who's a bigwig in the design world thinks that brown is an abomination on a bike.

Anyone have that RAL (or similar color) on a bike? Or share my buddy's opinion?

A start.

I'd say it depends on the shade, but I can see how a "brown & cream" design would be very nice. Brown and bronze or brown and forest green might also have potential. Again, it depends on the shade.

Brown can be rad. Definitely tough to get right, though.

This Hunter was great:
https://media.theradavist.com/upload...000&quality=75

I've been trying to buy this WaltWorks for a minute:

https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram...om&_nc_cat=101

But a lot of production bikes get it wrong. Too dark and it looks like poop. Gloss topcoat usually makes it worse.

A classic.

have to agree with brown being a poor color for most things that aren't dirt or dead vegetation.

other than one belt and a pair of shoes, I own nothing brown.

for the most part, I'm a black / gray / silver kinda guy.

that said, my bike is metallic gold...go figure.

https://www.velocipedesalon.com/foru...ld-profile-jpg
https://www.velocipedesalon.com/foru...d-dt-panel-jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4uT6yeZh.jpg

Porsche 911 automobiles used to make a deep chocolate brown look good back in the day.
It is indeed a rather tough color to get "right" without looking like poop. Good luck.

I have a rust Bruce Gordon that is pretty nice. Brown can be nice.

Biketrike's Bruce Gordon was my first thought, love it. Which one did you buy ?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VLf47qD2oL...+(2+of+17).jpg

Here's my wife's Comare commuter. Not a true brown, more of a plumb'ish brown.

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Ibis had a root beer metallic. I believe this one is another brown.

Love.

Brown w white. Brown w light blue. Lots of ways to pull it off....

I got this one
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8e72655a_z.jpgexternal-content.duckduckgo.com by bicycletricycle666, on Flickr

I have a poop brown Surly Steamroller from back when they had 1” threaded fork/headset. Might be an example of how to do it wrong, but for the utilitarian bike it is, I like it.

I've seen a few nice brown bikes from Stoemper.