I finally got around to painting my cork handlebar tape to try to match my Baggins "Little Joe" grayish olive canvas saddlebag.
I think it came out pretty well! I also varnished them and twined and shellacked the ends:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Strumelia/LunaBike2008
I've ridden about ten hours on them now and they seem quite durable.
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08-10-2008, 02:15 PM #1
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painted my handlebars...
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08-10-2008, 02:24 PM #2
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Beautiful!! I'm always impressed when I look at pictures of your bike
It's lovely, and the bars look great!
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08-10-2008, 02:29 PM #3
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Beautiful! I didn't know one could paint cork bar tape. Thanks for showing us that you can.
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08-10-2008, 03:53 PM #4
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I didn't know if one could either.
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08-10-2008, 04:39 PM #5
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Lovely job!
My Mom went through a contact paper stage when it first came out. Everything in the house was "contacted." I hid my bike.
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08-10-2008, 04:51 PM #6
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That's like a poem! Originally Posted by pardes
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08-10-2008, 04:56 PM #7
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Lisa, nice job!
Hmmm, my mom went through a Telly Savalas stage...that was pretty scary for me too Originally Posted by pardes
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08-11-2008, 08:11 AM #8
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I like your non plastic bottles!! What kind are they and where did you get them?
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08-11-2008, 08:37 AM #9
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Kleen Kanteen brand. No plastic toxins. And because they are stainless steel, they don't need liners like aluminum bottles do. Originally Posted by arielmoon
Great in the dishwasher, too.
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08-11-2008, 09:05 AM #10
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are you sure about walbike.com? don' t you mean wallbike.com out of Louisiana?
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08-11-2008, 09:13 AM #11
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OOPS sorry!! Yes of course- wallbike.com I fixed the post. Originally Posted by mimitabby
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08-11-2008, 10:48 AM #12
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Wow thanks for the warning. That's too bad about the Silver Hupe.
I have emailed Carradice because Wallbike doesn't have bagmen right now, and I also want the Lowsaddle Longflap. No answer after a week. I'll try to give them a call later this week but with the 9 hour time difference it takes some effort.
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