In defense of brown, there is a kind of "common" use of it on a particular Italvega bike from the early seventies with chrome lugs, yellow pin striping, and chrome stays that, in my non-stylish only wear khakis and jeans opinion, looks pretty good.
Tom Hayes Chagrin Falls, Ohio USA
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Wayne Davidson <wayne.collect@xtra.co.nz>
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> Hi all, I fully agree, I don't even wear brown clothing. I've not seen
> many brown bikes, but once I saw a brown and pink frame, almost enough to
> make one lose their last meal...........rgards wayne davidson Invers
> NZ...........
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> wheelman@nac.net wrote:
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> > This has been eating at me for some time now. There are many colors that
> > I
> > do not like on classic bikes. Many come from that period of cultural
> > confusion the 80s where the two tone, fade one into another really made
> > for some horrible combinations. Still my worse ever single color for a
> > classic bicycle is brown. I don't care if it is metallic brown, opaque,
> > root beer. Brown is brown and does not enhance either the chrome, the
> > saddles or the tires.
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> > There, I got it off my chest, now let the pro brown group chime in.
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> > Ray Homiski
> > Elizabeth, NJ
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Tom Hayes
Chagrin Falls, Ohio