Re: [CR] is there a market for this bag?

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From: "Clarke White" <sxbike@yahoo.com>
To: Darcy Warn <bolddisaster@hotmail.com>, CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:42:24 -0500
Organization: Clarke Cycles
Subject: Re: [CR] is there a market for this bag?


Velo Orange does a similar bag. I have one and it is very nicely done. Also priced quite fairly.

http://www.velo-orange.com/vo1.html

Clarke White
Clarke Cycles
Essex, Connecticut
http://www.clarkecycles.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Darcy Warn
To: CR List
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:54 PM
Subject: [CR] is there a market for this bag?



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> Howdy listers,
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> I've been making some bags and whatnot in between job hunting (yes I'm one
> of those weird guys that likes to sew as much as using oxy-acetylene
> torches...). This link is to a bar bag I copied from pictures I think
> from the CR site or another T.A. collector.
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> http://tiny.cc/jKU3C
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> I would use cotton boat cover canvas and naughahyde trim. What's a fair
> price? Do I need to include decaleurs or racks? What colors? how about
> panniers? I'd like to know if there's enough interest in them to justify
> the cost of a purchasing an expensive sewing machine to do them right.
> (The single foot machine I use is infurating to sew canvas with) I imagine
> anybody would be nervous about investing materials in this economy-even
> ebay has been skunky from my POV. Anyway I'd like to bounce the idea off
> the list members although I didn't get much response from a previous
> question.
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> ciao,

>

> Darcy Warn

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