Hub shiners

I shit you not... I'd like a pair.

Now what I'd really like is a traditional pair of leather ones that can be affixed around large hubs (I have a Schmidt dynamo hub up front, and a Rohloff at the back).

They should be narrow enough to move around (to do the cleaning) and thick enough to not easily break and also to help soak up grim.

I have no old belt spare so cannot make some, nor do I have a leather hole punch or craft knife.

These are out: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=54009 as they're ugly.

I'm thinking more like this:

This one is way too fat and ugly:

This doesn't look too bad but won't suit my bike:

This looks just about perfect and is on sale in Japan... but being so low value it is pointless to ship it around the world:

So... anyone know where you can buy them in London? Or anyone who can make them?

I'd like a cherry leather, and it must be unfinished on the inside (otherwise it's kinda pointless).

Oh, and I am edscoble.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-MAROON-BOOKBINDING-LEATHER-PANELS-0-6-0-7mm-NEW-/160495653965?pt=UK_Crafts_Leathercraft_LE&hash=item255e49544d#ht_500wt_1156

Too thin, but I get your drift.

Surely someone on the forum must be able to knock some of these up to your liking? *

• I realise part of the point of this thread might be to encourage this...
  

sorry, didn't mean to be blunt.

I had trouble searching on ebay when finding leather for mudflaps. just putting leather into the search brought back some 'interesting' results.

1-2mm is fine to cut with good scissors. off cuts are so cheap you'll have plenty of practice material

Get some leather samples from a vendor of sofas. free, and about the right thickness.

use a craft knife.
Hey presto, hub shiners.

I have some reasonable leather scraps on my desk right now, I can easily do you some like the bottom photo. PM me and I'll send you a pair.

Get some leather samples from a vendor of sofas. free, and about the right thickness.

use a craft knife.
Hey presto, hub shiners.

I have no old belt spare so cannot make some, nor do I have a leather hole punch or craft knife.

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I have some reasonable leather scraps on my desk right now, I can easily do you some like the bottom photo. PM me and I'll send you a pair.

s.walrus,

The front one needs to be around 32cm length for a closed circumference of 30cm.
The rear one needs to be around 46cm length for a closed circumference of 44cm.

If the scraps are big enough to accommodate those lengths, then that would be fabulous.

The ones from CRC haz crystals.
This is a bonus as we all know crystals are good for your micro aura.

for those lengths you need offcuts. samples are good for ordinary hubs - about the size of mudflaps.
Hackney's supposed to have a lot of furniture makers, right?

I will have books of leather swatches available soon.

piece of piddle, with two old toe straps. i can do it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-Bike-pedal-replacement-cycle-toe-straps-black-leather-/170543427078?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item27b52e2e06

for instance

2 straps around the one hub? But then they would be balanced and not spin... that's the bit that cleans the hub.

one on each hub, dimwit!!

Not long enough, dimwit!!

Well, they would be for smaller hubs.

twat!!!

i could join two, by sewing etc, then weight one side/end

moran!!!!

Just, because ;)

use a carradice strap, you could stain it to suit, and they come in a variety of lengths.

get skully to make you one. He has bit of leather and the tools from doing saddle stuff.

poirfik, carridice that is

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s.walrus,

The front one needs to be around 32cm length for a closed circumference of 30cm.
The rear one needs to be around 46cm length for a closed circumference of 44cm.

If the scraps are big enough to accommodate those lengths, then that would be fabulous.

I'll have to make them from two halves, but that's not a problem.
I'll give one a go now, and post up a picture.