Originally Posted by Dirtdrop
The un-shellaced grips get dirty very quickly, but they clean right up with something like 409. The advantage of cork is that it's not slippery when wet. That's why it's used on fishing pole grips. You lose that if you shellac.
I think I see a similarity between that bike and yours. I wonder if we've both been influnced by the bikes on Chris Kulczycki's site?
I'm not too concerned about the grips geting dirty. And they are fairly cheap to replace as well. Your bike is awsome! I was also thinking of your wife's green Raligh that appears here every once in a while... that is a very nice bike as well.
Yes, Chris' site as well as this bike on Jitensha Studio's site were both inspirational to me:
http://www.jitensha.com/eng/ebisumixte_e.html