Starting a new bag

Getting the proportions right and planning all of the fabric cuts. This will be a green 18oz cotton duck randonneur handlebar bag with brown leather trim and modest appearance.

Blue randonneur handlebar bag

Start of the climb

Start of the climb, a photo by MannyAcosta on Flickr.

Work today, almost done.

stitching leather

Rear light mount, using a Weinmann brake arm

My light mounts were all too long and interfering with my rear rack mounting, so I made a shorter mounting arm.

Cut and file down to size.

Front Randonneur Racks

Pass and Stowe, all images are borrowed, without permission.

Berthoud

Grand Bois

Velo Orange

Nitto

Blue #4 Cotton Duck Randonneur bag in the works

Santa Cruz Randonneurs Dart

Yesterday was the SC Dart, 13.5 hours of fun. Big thanks to our team captain, the Potis. The Santa Cruz club really knows how to get classy at their finish control. A great dinner of wild boar and alligator with mashed potatoes and cabbage. They even went classy on this beautiful painting by Alice Stribling. Too much. More photos  here and   here.

Muay Thai kickboxing shield

Vinyl