Can the proper leather be purchased today, and from whom? I have seen enough non vintage leather covered bars around so as to suspect that there are many artisans (such as those that do classic car steering wheels) that can do this type of work.
I don't care to purchase Cinelli or Almarc bars.
I'm sure that someone on our list knows where this type of work can be done.
George Hollenberg MD
(CT,USA)
> Tom Sanders was purchasing leather bar wrap, but you had to wrap
\r?\n> them yourselves. 20 years ago, you could buy the wrap with the
\r?\n> thread to sew them. You could also use the leather that is sold
\r?\n> for steering wheels. I don't know anyone who does this, but my
\r?\n> guess is that any quality leather/shoe repair place could do it,
\r?\n> but expect the price to be more than it would cost you to by a
\r?\n> NOS set of ALMARC or Cinelli leather wrapped bars. Lou, off-
\r?\n> list
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\r?\n> -----Original Message-----
\r?\n> From: gholl@optonline.net
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Sent: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 9:17 AM
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Leather covering handlebars
\r?\n>
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\r?\n> Can anyone recommend an artisan to cover vintage bars with leather?
\r?\n> George Hollenberg MD
\r?\n> (CT, USA)