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Somewhere between honey brown and dark brown

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An alert reader noticed these pictures of a custom project we did for another customer on our Flickr page and wondered about the color. This was a custom color job for a customer, and we call this “light brown”. It’s somewhere in between our two standard colors that we call “honey” and “dark brown”. We… Read More Somewhere between honey brown and dark brown

July 16, 2014August 17, 2017 walnutstudioloLeave a comment

Tying off the sew-on bicycle city grips

Tying off your city grips

Please explain how you tighten or lock the the initial stitch in the city grips.  It seems in the YouTube instructional video the the first stitch still has thread hanging off by the time you finished with the surgeon’s knot.  Thanks, Donald In the video, I use one needle, and one length of thread. This… Read More Tying off the sew-on bicycle city grips

March 10, 2014August 17, 2017 walnutstudioloLeave a comment

To tuck or not to tuck? How to finish your bar ends.

I am about to install my bar wraps.  (I just read the piece on your blog regarding the shrinkage issue one of your customers had.  I will keep that in mind). The question I have is, when I get to the end of the either side of the handlebar with my sewing, I know I… Read More To tuck or not to tuck? How to finish your bar ends.

February 27, 2014August 17, 2017 walnutstudiolo1 Comment

How to Choose The Best Leather Bar Wraps for your Bike

Infographic: How to choose leather bar wraps for your bicycle. Updated in 2019! … Read More How to Choose The Best Leather Bar Wraps for your Bike

January 8, 2014June 18, 2019 walnutstudiolo3 Comments

Tackling shrinkage on leather sew-on bar wrap installs

An alert customer wrote to us after installing his sew-on bar wraps. After about a week or so of use, he noticed that the leather had shrunk back nearly 1/2″ from the indentation at the top of the bar. Here are his pictures:  Although we have experienced some shrinkage before, usually it is forgivably slight,… Read More Tackling shrinkage on leather sew-on bar wrap installs

November 2, 2013May 8, 2020 walnutstudioloLeave a comment

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