The bag is a Swiss army surplus gas mask bag that I picked up here in Thailand (sans gas mask) and turned into a saddlebag. I just got another as I also like them as a shoulder bag/musette bag.
Cheers, Gernot On Mar 26, 9:25 pm, clyde canter <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a nice looking bike Earl. > I'm glad I didn't have the color choice to make. They only had the green > ones. > I like them both. > Where did you find the bag? > Best, > Clyde > > . > > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Earl Grey <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can also get very close to the honey Brooks with Tressostar orange > > tape and amber shellac: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/25150...@n08/4425669203/ > > > I was intentionally not careful in applying a constant amount of > > shellac, and rode the bike for a while with just one coat, darkening > > the tape where my hands are usually. To my eye, these variations in > > the tape color make for an even better match. As the Brooks darkens > > over time, you can darken the bar tape by adding more coats of > > shellac. > > > Gernot > > > On Mar 25, 11:20 pm, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Clyde, > > > Thanks for the input. I do have some dark blue Tressostar tape, but > > > before I used that, I decide to try to get some other ideas. To me, at > > > least in bright light, the accents are more purple than blue. I've > > > actually been looking at the purple tapes at RBW and SOMA but it's > > > kind of hard on the web to really get a sense of the true color. But > > > your right, they're so thin, who will really be able to notice the > > > difference? Your idea of matching the saddle is intriguing as I have a > > > honey Brooks as well. > > > Brian > > > > On Mar 25, 10:27 am, clyde canter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Brian. > > > > I had the same idea for my Sam. At my LBS they had 3 shades of dark > > blue > > > > cork....all Bike Ribbon I think and some blue Cateye cloth. The Cateye > > > > cloth looked to be the best, although not perfect. I should note that > > I > > > > don't distinguish subtle shade differences in color any more, and that > > blue > > > > stripe is mighty narrow on the bike so I'm not sure I'd be a good one > > to > > > > choose a color. I decided to go with orange Bike Ribbon cork which I > > > > shellaced with Bullseye amber. This matched the honey Brooks really > > well. > > > > They (LBS) had some light blue cork that matched the headbadge pretty > > well. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Clyde > > > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Brian <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > I'd like to match the bar wrap on my new green Hillborne to the > > > > > purplish-blue accent color that's on the seat tube. If anyone has > > done > > > > > this, what tape or wrap did you use? Thanks. > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > > > > > [email protected]><rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > > �[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
