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01-29-10 | 07:58 AM

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rhm

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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

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Originally Posted by a77impala

I redid two seats that I had used leather about 3mm thick and they stretched quickly, that is why I use 5mm leather now. [ ... ] You may try a local shoe repair shop to see if they have leather that thick but I doubt it.

Yeah, so do I. But I don't mind doing a mail order or ebay or whatever. What kind of leather do I want: rawhide? Buck / Buffalo / Cow?

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