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Old 02-12-10, 06:17 PM
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red leather bar tape from... thriftstore

Someone recently suggested going to a thrift store and buying a leather jacket to make bar tape out of... well, i found a pair of large red suede paints... and well, the pictures show the rest.




i also used the WD40 trick on the break hoods that was recently discussed... worked great!

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Reminds me of red suede Hunt Wilde bar tape. Sharp!

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the store also had a pair of orange leather pants (not suede)... i'm thinking about going back for them...
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Did you cut it in one continuous strip per side (which would mean you would have to do a couple of 180s?) or?

I have a pile of thrift store leather goods right now, in many colors.
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Sa-weet bar tape. How does it feel?
I can't imagine those pants looking good on anyone!
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You should have wore the paints first,you know,just to get your monie's worth out of them.I guess they weren't your size.
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I've thought of doing the exact same thing, just not at the moment I was in a thrift store. Looks cool; I gotta try that.
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Cool idea. I'm also curious about how you constructed the strips - whether you made one continuous per side, or whether some other strategy was used. Am also interested in knowing whether they were glued or taped, or whatever to hold the wraps in place. Looks pretty nice. My only concern might be with the edges lifting.
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Orange pants? Pretty retro mid 70's. Brown Brothers perhaps?
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Originally Posted by wrk101
Did you cut it in one continuous strip per side (which would mean you would have to do a couple of 180s?) or?
I used 4 strips total - 2 per side. each strip was cut from pant cuff to beltline - it actually worked out quite nice. I tried doing one continuous strip first with a 180... but i couldn't get the leather to lay nicely on the bar with a funky "turn" in the leather, so i ended up having to cut out the turn part leaving me with 2 strips per side.

How does it feel?
quite nice!! very soft.

Am also interested in knowing whether they were glued or taped, or whatever to hold the wraps in place. Looks pretty nice. My only concern might be with the edges lifting.
I wrapped it extremely tight (the leather actually stretches quite a bit), so there really isn't any room for the edges to lift or roll up. no glue involved. I was thinking about glueing, but wanted to do it without first and liked the look, so i didn't redo it. I did have to sew up/close the seams (on the pants - right by the knee area) after i cut the strips so that the stitching did not come undone.
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For extra points, reconstruct the red trousers into a pair of Bavarian-style *****exualist Lederhosen cycling shorts, and ride round town shouting ´Wilkommen!´at random strangers.
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Originally Posted by 3373jones
I used 4 strips total - 2 per side. each strip was cut from pant cuff to beltline - it actually worked out quite nice. I tried doing one continuous strip first with a 180... but i couldn't get the leather to lay nicely on the bar with a funky "turn" in the leather, so i ended up having to cut out the turn part leaving me with 2 strips per side.
So did you sew the two pieces together? I was kind of hoping the 180 would be right at the brake lever, where the lever would mask the turn.
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Couldn't you cut a really long continuous spiral up the legs, and get it all done in one piece?
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Originally Posted by Barchettaman
For extra points, reconstruct the red trousers into a pair of Bavarian-style *****exualist Lederhosen cycling shorts, and ride round town shouting ´Wilkommen!´at random strangers.
Ha! All my Bavarian friends want to know where you live

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Here we are, debating the proper cutting of some clown pants to work on a bike.

On many, many levels, this is somewhat odd.
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Originally Posted by Barchettaman
For extra points, reconstruct the red trousers into a pair of Bavarian-style *****exualist Lederhosen cycling shorts, and ride round town shouting ´Wilkommen!´at random strangers.
...and if you're in Madison, Wisconsin, they'll all wave back.

You may get a phone number. You may get beat up by a particularly tough lesbian for poor accessorizing.

But you'll know you're among friends.
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Originally Posted by sciencemonster
Couldn't you cut a really long continuous spiral up the legs, and get it all done in one piece?
The one problem I see with that is there is at least one vertical seam in the pants I have. So you would be getting a seam every eight inches or so. That's a creative idea worth an attempt on a thrift store garment.
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That's awesome! I'd never have thought of that. I just bought a Miyata yesterday, though of far lesser quality than your 1000, it's a sports ten. But I think I'm going to steal your idea, thanks for posting that.
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Originally Posted by wrk101
So did you sew the two pieces together? I was kind of hoping the 180 would be right at the brake lever, where the lever would mask the turn.
i did sew them together. The 180 was right at the break lever, but I could not get the leather to lie flat or be tight enough for my liking...

Couldn't you cut a really long continuous spiral up the legs, and get it all done in one piece?
as thrifty bill points out, i didn't want a thick seam every 8 inches or so.


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Yes, I actually had the buy the shoes with the pants... it was a packaged deal! They are the ones with goldfish in the platforms (https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YPLSyaja5v...sco+shoes.jpeg)... fishfood was included, don't worry.
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American ingenuity

Miyata 1000....one of the nicest production touring bikes ever made!

Thanks for the sharing this idea ... sounds like a good one.
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
I've thought of doing the exact same thing, just not at the moment I was in a thrift store. Looks cool; I gotta try that.
I thought about it. There was a pair of black leather pants in the thrift store. I asked about them and the lady said if they were there more than 30 days they'd be half off. They were there 28 days, but she gave me the discount anyway. I have a couple of ideas in my head about how to deal with the seam; if they work I'll share.

Originally Posted by Barchettaman
For extra points, reconstruct the red trousers into a pair of Bavarian-style *****exualist Lederhosen cycling shorts, and ride round town shouting ´Wilkommen!´at random strangers.
Yeah!.... ummm..... no.
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Now if you could only find something like this in half the thickness:

https://www.outfitterssupply.com/Herm...ctinfo/WLF401/
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