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[Closed] Real snakeskin bike seat, yay or nay?

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Tempted

apparently made from a real cobra.

Not sure I have the bike to pull it off though.


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 4:20 pm
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Wow!

Does it have a rear light in the head and the eyes flash red?


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 4:22 pm
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Could look like an albino turtle head while the saddle is in use.


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 4:45 pm
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That is , quite frankly, horrific.


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 8:45 pm
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I would agree Brads - on every grounds from taste to morality


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 8:50 pm
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That's just nasty.


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 9:28 pm
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Look at it this way, if karma saw fit to have these snakes murdered, stuffed in the shape of a bicycle seat to have to face an eternity of being rubbed by the sweaty perineum of a middle aged IT consultant they must have been VERY bad snakes.

Ordered. Bad snake.


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 9:36 pm
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Where snakes in yer ass, are absolutely free...


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 10:05 pm
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I must say, that is **** horrible


 
Posted : 31/08/2021 10:09 pm
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Are those for sale on the dark web equivalent of Wiggle / CRC?


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 12:23 am
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Kayak23, take a bow (wow wow)


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 1:57 am
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Posted : 01/09/2021 2:22 am
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Looks like something from the bad taxidermy website. Wonder if there are grips to match. Is there a rattlesnake version so that you can save on purchasing a bell.


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 6:46 am
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You're really contemplating this? Have a word.


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 7:17 am
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@devash kinda, on aliexpress:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003019473478.html

Oh yeah they are a thing, just £200 and you can pay a bit more for the carbon railed version.

@funkmasterp grips too, now theres an idea

@tonyd lol


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 10:17 am
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Getting a rear puncture could be anxiety-producing.


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 10:20 am
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@thols2 the prospect of painting all that knotty pine sends shivers down my spine. And polystyrene ceiling tiles in the guest bedroom WTF!


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 10:30 am
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Maybe the snakes died naturally in the act of swallowing a bike saddle


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 10:37 am
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How hardwearing is snake skin?


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 12:34 pm
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Hardwearing enough for Keef


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 1:03 pm
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Leaving the head on is not to my taste, but I'm not sure I can take the moral high ground given that my Lakes are leather.

Assuming some sort (and I've not thought this through) of ethical sourcing of the snake skin


 
Posted : 01/09/2021 1:49 pm

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