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From: cliff@unmvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: non-leather "leathers"
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Date: Sun, 12-May-85 04:38:50 EDT
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And the winner (from Rich Cower) is:

>Fackelmann. I'm pretty sure it
>is made in Germany. It is constructed of 5 floating layers of polyamide
>long fiber and has 3 times the abrasion resistance of leather and is
>warmer. You can also throw it in your washer (try that with a leather
>coat). A place that used to have it was BCW (Bavarian Cycle Works, Inc.
>385 8th St., San Francisco, CA. 415-863-8884.

Thanks for all the replies.  I haven't made it out to BCW, but I intend
to be in the bay area during the last week of May and first week of June.
I'll post further information later.

> There is absolutely nothing available in the consumer world that
> will give you a nickles worth of slide protection other than leather.

Question for George Tatge

Are you familiar with Fackelmann gear and find it lacking or would it
have been more appropriate to say that you know of nothing available?

				--Cliff