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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

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

Stunning handcrafted bicycle bags carry the essentials and turn heads!

Our original best-selling Travel Cribbage Boards have fans worldwide

Convenient dice games on-the-go: farkle and yacht (yatzy)

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

Travel Backgammon for travelers, made from natural materials

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

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

Wrap handles, bannisters and more in quality veg-tan leather

Flexible but sturdy, creative solutions to tricky problem corners

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, from how it's made to spotting vintage quality

Our blog"In a Nutshell" is written by humans:

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

In a Nutshell

Wrist and finger pain and numbness during cycling is real and can be a challenge for some cyclists. The intuitive solution would seem to be adding padding or cushioning to handlebars, but most bike experts agree that padding and cushioning handlebars is often not the only - or even a good - solution for the problem.
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How to rejuvenate and rescue old, dry, stiff vintage leather and moldy, mildewed leather. (Lesson #10 of 11)
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How to tell if a leather piece is good quality is in the store: observable design details and red flags. (Lesson #9 of 11)
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More than once, we've been surprised to find how little information there is about leather - as broadly diverse a natural material as fabric or wood. We can't wait to tell you more about it. What would you like to know?
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We use the same, high quality, vegetable-tanned leather that has always traditionally been used for equestrian sport, so it's a natural outdoor material (saddles, reins, bridles, etc). Our American vegetable-tanned leather is infused with waxes in the tannery to stand up to horse sweat, mud, and rain - in other words, just like riding a bicycle!
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You can personalize many of Walnut Studiolo's products with initials or a short message - and now we've expanded our Monogramming Program to give you more options for your personal messages. 
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Here at Walnut Studiolo, we are dedicated to lasting quality - which can only come from a thoughtful hands-on process. Here's why it matters.
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Thieves suck! Here are our customers' ideas to prevent and deter theft of their Walnut Studiolo bicycle accessories.
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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.
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Here are some tips for differentiating between hand-crafted, bench-made, and machine-made leather goods.
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Leather is a great way to protect a bike's finish from scratches and dings. In this post, we talk about why, where, and how to wrap your bicycle frame with a protective and all-weather leather wrap.
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