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ZWEI Bags are Online

October 31st, 2008 by Bill | 6 Comments | Filed in Products, Zwei, bags

Red U7 Zwei bag
I have finally put up a page for the nice Zwei bags from Germany.

We have had these bags for a while but every time I tried to conceive a page, or set of pages, that would convey their unique nature  I would study the Zwei site, get intimidated, and put it off until inspiration hit me. The hit never came but I needed to put these things in play so I put up a simple selling page with reference to the Zwei site.

The Zwei bags are not typical bike luggage. They have their own niche, I think. They are not primarily touring bags or grocery bags. They do serve very well as stylish, functional, everyday bags. The variety of sizes means there is a model for every purpose from handbag to laptop-toting briefcase. The clever strap system lets them serve as handbag, shoulder bag, and, with the integrated waist strap, a messenger-style bag. Looking good in every instance.

The Klickfix bike mount is practically invisible on the bag. It attaches to a bracket on the handlebars. All necessary hardware is included with the bags we have in stock. (Zwei makes the full line without the KlickFix hardware. If there is interest we will import these parallel models also.)

To get started with these bags we brought in the full range of sizes but only two colors of each size. We probably won’t make special orders for one bag but if you are interested in something besides what we have in stock let us know. Your feedback will be very helpful with future import plans.

We will be putting up a supplimetary picture page for this line of bags. If there is any view or detail that you are interested in, let us know with a comment on this post.

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Saddle Shipment

October 28th, 2008 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Brooks, Products, saddles

We received some long out-of-stock saddles today:

B.17 Champion Special, black and honey
B.17 Standard, honey
Flyer Special, antique brown, black
B.67 black, aged
B.68 black
care kits, small Proofide

No Imperials this time. Maybe next month.

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Brooks Skin Art

October 27th, 2008 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Articles, Brooks

ride around the world
A guy named Brooks sent us a picture of his new tattoo. Brooks says “it’s from the 1923 catalogue, as found on the Brooks site.”
full picture

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Brooks Special Edition Sale

October 22nd, 2008 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Brooks, Products, saddles

We are blowing out the black Swallow Limited Edition and the Maroon B.18 with matching grips. Both of these saddles are out of production. http://www.wallbike.com

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What Is It? – the Answer

October 21st, 2008 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Berthoud, Products, saddles

You got pretty close to guessing the function of our mystery machine but you didn’t quite get it.

Gilles Berthoud needed to test the strength of his new saddle design so he invented this machine to give it a workout. He was pleased to report that his new saddle lasted far longer than comparable saddles. The saddle went 84 hours without breaking. The nose, rails, and crescent all survived intact. Another popular brand of saddle broke after 17 hours.

Here is a very brief video of the machine in action.

Nut and Bolt Reference

October 17th, 2008 by Bill | No Comments | Filed in Articles

Brooks steel-frame tensioning nut: 1/4 Whitworth
Brooks standard spring bolt: 10mm

more to come

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