On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Raymond Dobbins wrote:
> Erik Olsson wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to replace stitched leather bar covering?
> the only thing i recall hearing from a friend who did it is that the
> leather had to be soaked wet so that when it dried it would snug up
> nicely around the bars.
Never did it on the handlebar, but isn't that what a shoemaker does on the mold? Beforehand, punch the hole pattern: any regular sawing machine does it well. It should then be an easy job to pass the, indeed curved!, needle through.
Sergio
Pisa