Walnut Studiolo Blog Tagged "Bicycles" Page 2

A Black woman wearing a denim shirt is carrying a bicycle down a set of stairs in an urban environment. The bicycle has a green paint job and honey leather wrapped handlebars.

Original, unique designs to help with lifting and carrying your bicycle

Lifetime leather bar wraps in five styles for every type of handlebar and bicycle

A woman bicycling on a bright summer day over a green lawn wearing suede fringe cowgirl boots and with a 6-pack of Anchor Steam beer connected to the top tube of her bicycle with a honey leather 6-pack frame cinch

Best-selling "commuter essentials" for making the daily commute easier

A dark brown leather round, barrel-shaped saddle bag with cedar wood sides mounted to the back of a brown leather Brooks saddle on a cream-and-brown painted bicycle

Stunning handcrafted bicycle bags carry the essentials and turn heads!

Two people playing a game of travel cribbage on a wooden picnic table with a small leather and birch cribbage board

Our original best-selling Travel Cribbage Boards have fans worldwide

Two sets of travel dice on a dark brown leather table surface. Both sets show six dice coming out of a square brass tube. The dice are 7mm, smaller than standard. One has white dice and the other has black dice.

Play dice anywhere you go in a handcrafted brass keychain or necklace.

Two people playing dominoes using small, domino-sized playing cards on a walnut wood table with snacks and drinks. The domino cards are double 12 with different colors for each number and hand-drawn.

Uniquely functional for travel: hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!)

Close-up of a folding leather travel backgammon board mid-play on a weathered wood surface. A hand is reaching in and moving four game pieces (which are brass nails) between triangles, which are laser-engraved in the honey dyed leather. Accessories are visible, dice and doubling cube and peg storage

Our newest folding leather board and favorite game: Travel Backgammon!

A variety of handcrafted leather and wood handles on a sample board as seen from above and an angle

All handcrafted handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, & 3 metal finishes

A white chest of drawers in a white and lilac baby nursery with three colors of leather Morrison bin pull handles, in Honey, Dark Brown, and Black

Strong yet soft, durable and sustainable, no-bumps and no-bruises

Collection details, stylesheets, dimensions, sizing, palette & more

Two cabinet doors swinging open towards each other with matching leather Lovejoy loop handles. The leather touches so the cabinets don't crash into each other, a solution for problem corners in kitchen design planning

Flexible but sturdy, creative solutions to tricky problem corners

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, delivered to your inbox.

Leather 101

Valerie and Geoff from Walnut Studiolo are standing on a pile of driftwood between two boulders on the North Oregon Coast beach near Manzanita, with mountains and grey sky in the background

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A long dark brown leather blueprint tube is shown on a long countertop being hand stitched together by Geoff, whose stitching hands are in the background

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Valerie and Geoff Franklin of Walnut Studiolo standing behind their bicycles on a grassy green lawn. Geoff is doffing his hat to Valerie and she is smiling, as a gesture of service.

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Customer Profile: Athlete and Music Lover Max Woodbury

Max Woodbury describes himself as a "C-6 quadriplegic who loves handcycling and wheelchair rugby." He found an innovative use for our Leather Bar Wraps: Impact guards o his wheelchair.

June 01, 2019
2 min read

Oregon Bicycle Adventures

We love our little corner of the world. Here are some adventures you can enjoy on two wheels in Oregon near Walnut Studiolo, starting with the North Oregon Coast.

May 23, 2019
3 min read

The intuitive wrap you've been waiting for: Introducing Coil Leather Bar Wraps

New product announcement! Coil Leather Bar Wraps are a new style of leather handlebar wrap that should be intuitive for anybody who has ever used handlebar tape. They coil around the handlebar like typical bar tape out of one single piece of full grain veg-tan leather.

April 18, 2019
1 min read

Customer Profile: Meet Mr. Pig Cat, the Stylish Bicycling Cat

Weâ€™re used to seeing gorgeous customer photos of their bike designs with our leather bike accessories, but itâ€™s not everyday we have the good fortune to meet a cat that bikes in style.Â We recently interviewed Mr. Pig Cat, a classy cat from Northeast Ohio who loves adventures. Yes, Mr. Pig Cat is really his name (friends and owner Audrey call him Piggy) and yes, he really rides on a bike, in a bike basket.

February 05, 2019
3 min read

Customer Profile: Goldhart's Bike Aesthetic

Artist Goldhart says his bike project finally came together once he found Walnut Studiolo's Bullwhip Braided Leather Bar Wrap.
"The end result is stunning!" he says. "These leather wraps are truly the centerpiece of the build."

October 09, 2018
3 min read

Options for padding and cushioning under leather handlebar wraps

We answer questions on how to deal with padding and cushioning your leather bar wraps.

December 06, 2017
3 min read

FAQ: Preventing theft of your bicycle accessories

Thieves suck! Here are our customers' ideas to prevent and deter theft of their Walnut Studiolo bicycle accessories.

August 17, 2017
2 min read

Customer Profile: Eric Baird

March 29, 2017
2 min read

The Irish Pub Bike in Colombia

When BogotÃ¡, Colombia bike manufacturer Donacleta was asked to design a special edition bike for an authentic Irish pub in Colombia, they immediately knew they had to incorporate some touches from Walnut Studiolo.

March 04, 2017
2 min read

Customer Tips for Braiding Bullwhip Leather Bar Wraps

Customer Sandi in Brooklyn, NY shared a few great tips for installing the Bullwhip Leather Bar Wraps on her bicycle - and a few creative new ideas as well.