Illustration by Arlo
Laminated to a plastic shell. I will be experimenting on this piece with wildcrafted natural dyes. Not for sale.
Get outside!
Illustration by Arlo
Laminated to a plastic shell. I will be experimenting on this piece with wildcrafted natural dyes. Not for sale.
Get outside!
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The gap indicated by the white circle in the photo below identifies a problem that requires solving.
In order to install and wear properly, a well-made leather sprayguard needs to be mounted as close to horizontal (green line) as possible.
If such a sprayguard were to be mounted within an inch of the end of this fender, it would either flop down and rub against the tire, or angle straight down and away from the wheel like a buck tooth.
In this case, the solution was to make a rigid, compound-curve extension that attaches to the underside of the fender, and hang the sprayguard from it.
Then I banged on it with some screwdrivers, painted it up like Christmas and stuck some brass bolts through it! Here it is.
Installation to follow at jett grrl.
I sure hope we don’t get more rain for a while though.
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MAP Bicycles - Kevin C.’s Randonneuse
In foul weather, randonneurs (at least here in the BC club) are required to palp at least one mudflap, on the rear, to prevent road spray from getting up into the faces of fellow riders in a tight formation. So I hear. Sounds reasonable.
The old water-bottle-cut-in-half trick seems popular. I tried this. It looks terrible and works worse.
But maybe you got some fine upcycled Cima Coppi wool to ride in.
Maybe you want to keep it classy.
Flickr set of Kevin’s bike here.
More updates as work progresses. Crux move will be getting the fender extension to work perfectly. I remain confident.
From TreeHugger:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/can_leather_be.php
Not until we can get a chain of custody back through the tannery, the slaughterhouse, to the rancher or farmer raising the cattle. All must be held to account for the welfare of the animals, for fair dealing with human communities, and for their debts to the biosphere as a whole.
That includes me and you!
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Practicing some figure carving.
You wouldn’t believe me if I told ya.
More soon. Thanks for coming!
Yes, I have been neglecting the blog, but happily not neglecting riding my bike, and I am happy to report that Reverend Dick likes his mudflaps.
More to come at some point. I am still doing stuff, just busy with other stuff too.
Thanks for stopping by.
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Moving into the new place; getting the garden in; designing, building, and redesigning furniture; all this and more prevents me from posting lately.
Expanding into custom motorcycle accessories for Bob and his crew — thanks to iLan and Darren both for the reference, and for making sales! It is good to have friends.
Prototype warranty work for Eric’s trip on Sunday, the randonneurs’ Pacific populaire, will be something a little fancier.
Working on a collaboration for a worthy cause with Arlo.
Hope all’s well where you are.
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Forgot I had done two.
I was going to put this on the Trucker but it’s too nice.
These are for sale. Make me an offer.
Moving back to the city in a few days. Looking forward to having my people around!
Back from vacation and pounding out flaps.
This here is a set for my nephew’s daddy, who keeps it real out on the tough coast.