Help me decide on my brake colour

What colour Brake cable should I use?

  • Black

    Votes: 14 77.8%
  • Purple

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Silver

    Votes: 3 16.7%

  • Total voters
    18

Caelesaran

Retro Newbie
I'm rebuilding my 1992 Saracen and now I need to choose what colour Brake and shifter cable to run. I'm torn between 3 colours so figured I'd ask the good folks here.
 

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As above looks tidy that, black for me or you could get away with a purple or blue but I think you'd need to match that with something else on the bike, ie purple / blue saddle, grips etc
 
Brake /gear outers should either be black or XTR grey.

If any other colour is used it simply makes it look like a cheap kids bike . No exceptions.
 
Does that mean that my blue cable outers are no good on my yellow Bravado? See profile picture... it doesnt work for all bikes with the exception of this one.
I do prefer black cable housing too, to be honest.
 
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I love a coloured cable. Gives a nice colour scheme to the bike. Agree it doesn't work with all... But so many boring mass produced bikes out there, nice to give a bike a bit of character a bit of uniqueness
 
Given the frame colour, decal colour and all the silver parts....

White or Silver cable casing colour.

Just my two cents.
 
You can't go wrong with black, but the more I zoom into the picture, I see silver/grey being nice as well. That's a tough one!
 
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