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

[Gsinill]

[jdp211]

Here's mine:

[Jad]

That Rock Lobster is a favorite here for me^^

Breadwinner's done some nice brown bikes. I've seriously thought about powder coating my Ti CX bike the same color as the SS CX in this double gallery:

https://theradavist.com/2018/02/gold...-breadwinners/

Here's a beautiful English:

https://www.englishcycles.com/custom...mountain-bike/

Apologies--could not add pics directly, but the galleries are worth checking out!

[weisan]

A pal here has a repainted Ti bike, brown, I think it's a Serotta...now I can't find the picture and is driving me nuts!
It was taken on an overhead bridge with traffic running below.

I usually prefer Ti in its raw finish aesthetically but this one was so well done, I am happy to make an exception.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by Jad

That Rock Lobster is a favorite here for me^^

Breadwinner's done some nice brown bikes. I've seriously thought about powder coating my Ti CX bike the same color as the SS CX in this double gallery:

https://theradavist.com/2018/02/gold...-breadwinners/

Here's a beautiful English:

https://www.englishcycles.com/custom...mountain-bike/

Apologies--could not add pics directly, but the galleries are worth checking out!

That Holeshot and the Peg posted by Dino S are probably my two favorite paint jobs on the thread. The problem with the Holsehot is that I think you need gumwall tires to pull it off. I'm not sure there are any 25-28c gumwall tires.

[Hawker]

Originally Posted by Gsinill

I love Zullo frames and paint work.

[pdonk]

as a continuation of Vanilla's use of brown and blue, my SV has a significant amount and 2 shades of brown.

I think the brown Ibis colour mentioned was called Guinness.

[merckx]

That Zullo is the bomb.

[mt2u77]

Meh. Brown bikes always remind me of my dad's old Raleigh Sports tank. Slow, heavy, plodding, old fashioned. The bikes I like the most in this thread all have some copper, orange, or red hue to save them from being brown. The rest, well, there are some really nice bikes here, but I'd like all of them better if they weren't brown.

[Jad]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

That Holeshot and the Peg posted by Dino S are probably my two favorite paint jobs on the thread. The problem with the Holsehot is that I think you need gumwall tires to pull it off. I'm not sure there are any 25-28c gumwall tires.

Interesting point on the Holeshot. I do like how the English Mtn bike looks with no tanwalls, and I think the browns are similar (though fat tires may be different). The color of the logos may be key too.

[Jaybee]

I suggest some caution with brown bikes and tanwalls. I've got this bike:


which Fuji is calling "Bronze" and I haven't really been happy with the WTB shade of brown for tire sidewalls or Panaracer's take either. a lighter more beige color like Maxxis or Vittoria would probably be fine, but I've stuck with black.

[oliver1850]

1998 Cannondale R4000 in "Kameleon Fire". I don't really get the "Fire" part of the color name. In most indoor lighting the bike appears to be pretty close to what I'd call Metallic Root Beer. In sunlight, red and magenta hues take over.

[Dino Suegiù]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

That Holeshot and the Peg posted by Dino S are probably my two favorite paint jobs on the thread. The problem with the Holsehot is that I think you need gumwall tires to pull it off. I'm not sure there are any 25-28c gumwall tires.

It is interesting that the Holeshot has the same brown/blue combination as the AG2R kit. Brown/blue look great together, even that Vanilla (pdmtong) although the brown looks much darker (it looks almost black on my screen).

That Zullo is beautiful too, very similar to the Luigino (they both look very ox-blood brown).

[Fiertetimestwo]

Originally Posted by weisan

A pal here has a repainted Ti bike, brown, I think it's a Serotta...now I can't find the picture and is driving me nuts!
It was taken on an overhead bridge with traffic running below.

I usually prefer Ti in its raw finish aesthetically but this one was so well done, I am happy to make an exception.

I think you might mean Ruimteaapje's Merlin. It is one of the most beautiful bikes on the Forum

[Dino Suegiù]

Originally Posted by Fiertetimestwo

I think you might mean Ruimteaapje's Merlin. It is one of the most beautiful bikes on the Forum

Oh wow that is great. Very elegant.
Not being Ruimteaaapje I will not post his bicycle here, but that is gorgeous indeed.
That guy has excellent taste.

He wrote the color is "Wine Red (RAL 3005)" though, so more like the ox-blood browns posted already I guess. Beautifully rich, like really good coffee.