Whilst trawling through the internet I came across this rather extravagantly decorated fixie. It was created by Jacques Ferrand, a trained traditional leather cutter and sewer. Jacques has his own shop, Crèvecoeur (23 r. Des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France) and normally works on bags, shoes, and belts, either directly for customers under the name Etablissements Ferrand, or for labels such as Hermès but thought he would do something different. He has even covered a few skate boards. Perhaps it is a little quiet in the shop due to the recession?
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A Fully Fitted Fixie – In Leather?

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Good to see you back Perce!
I must confess I have ridden into cars that have been driven across a bike lane right in front of me (not the car's fault). Not hard enough to damage my bike, but hard enough the leave an expensive dent in the door panel. I'm always videoing and my brakes squeal loudly but I just can't seem to come to a complete stop in time. Sorry.
(Ignoring the fact it says off-road.cc at the top and bottom, but yes it is indeed the road.cc domain)... ... if you wish for further hill-martyrdom I can recommend a review of a tent they've done which mounts to a motor vehicle - zero bikes involved.
One day last week, a Tuesday I think it was, just like St. Paul on the way to Damascus ( don't know where he was travelling from. Jerusalem?. Seems a long way. Perhaps he had a donkey. ) I had an epiphany - there was a blinding flash of light and I suddenly realised I didn't have to read articles I didn't find interesting even though other people might. I'm sleeping a whole lot better now, well, apart from the oppressive heat.
Strangely out of character for Silca. …Outmoded. Need high flow for tubeless. They’ll clog.
I had to look elsewhere to see a picture of the tyre inflated. It’s a shameless copy of Pathfinder crossed with G-One RS side knobs. Actually looks like it would be a good all road tyre. But my Pathfinders are still unworn and they do the same thing, so I won’t be testing them anytime soon.
I've also had "I'm not from around here, I don't know where else to park" when there is literally a free parking spot 20m away. It must be difficult to park anywhere if you require local knowledge to do so. If only they had the gift of eyesight.
You need to learn tenses before writing anything. "The Sunpeed XL fit me well enough". No. It fitted you well enough. It's kitted out completely with 105 is laughable when you immediately say it isn't.
This is on ROAD CC. Take it down. If I wanted to read about MTB, I'd go to this site or MTB CC. I don't. You're just using this to pad out your story count. Don't.
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Impressively leathery –
Impressively leathery – though it’s a shame he didn’t try to do some leather tyres too