Here is an article about a bike that instead of being painted has a form fitting glove of leather over the entire frame and fork. What you see in the first couple of pictures is NOT paint. It's two different shads of leather covering the frame. http://arkitipintel.com/2009/03/20/jacques-ferrand-leather-bike/
Joseph (Jody) Ott
Mountain Bike Captain
Capital Bicycling Club
Olympia WA
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