Help me decide on my brake colour

[Caelesaran]

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.

 

[ishaw]

Based on the clean build you've got, I wouldn't personally ruin it with colour. Xtr grey or black for me. Not adventurous but I think would suit what you've built nicely.

 

[dandy1]

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

 

[Caelesaran]

Based on the clean build you've got, I wouldn't personally ruin it with colour. Xtr grey or black for me. Not adventurous but I think would suit what you've built nicely.

Black seems to be the most popular amongst my friends the groupset is xt so I couldn't bring myself to use xtr grey

 

[d8mok]

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.

 

[Black_puma]

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.

 

[dandy1]

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

 

[PhillB]

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.

I tried it once. Never again, and changing these back to black is on my list of things to do! Keeping the red rims though