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Fan Picks

Leatherup.com Picks

We promised that we’ll choose a third winner of our Biker Girl Photo Contest. But we received so many biker girl photos that we decided to award three participants. In choosing our winners, we considered the skills of the photographer and qualities of the model.

Leatherup.com Giving Bigger Prizes

Our fan picks will receive bigger prizes than promised.  First prize winner, Eric will receive 1 Hawk and 2 Outlaw helmets. Second prize winner, Melinda gets 1 Hawk and 1 Outlaw helmet.

The winners picked by Leatherup.com, Kelly, John, and Kat, can take home 1 Hawk or 1 Outlaw helmet of their choice.

To all participants in our biker girl photo contest, thank you for sharing your photos with our biker community.  In creating our list of best biker girl photos of this contest, we considered picture quality (both esthetic and technical point of view), subject relevance, and model. Enjoy our list of best photos and tell us what you think:

Send us your biker girl photo, get the most likes from our facebook fans, and win 2 motorcycle helmets shipped free. You can choose any 2 helmets from our Outlaw and Hawk brands. Second place winner gets 1 Hawk helmet of their choice. Competition starts today and ends Monday March 8, 2010 at 10:00 AM (Pacific Time.)

Here are some rules and guidelines:

• It must be an original photograph taken by you
• You must successfully upload the photograph as a WALL POST to Leatherup.com’s Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/LeatherUp
• You must name the wall post (the post with your picture) Biker Girl Competition Photo Contest
• You can submit one photo per post (no albums)
• You give us permission to publish your photo on our websites
• The Submission must not be defamatory, offensive or obscene or violate or infringe on the trademark, copyright, publicity, privacy or other rights of any third party

Look through your achieves, or get out and start shooting some biker girl photos. Post your photo to our wall at http://www.facebook.com/LeatherUp and don’t miss our deadline, Monday March 8, 2010 at 10:00 AM (Pacific Time.)

So what are you waiting for?  Send us your biker girl photos.

Skull artwork has always been part of the biker culture—a skull tattooed on the forearm, for example, is believed to help an outlaw biker cheat death. We now have leather motorcycle jackets from top grain distressed brown leather that feature a flying skull with “mayhem” graphic. Be the first to wear one of these jackets.

We also created matching flying-skull vests to keep the same look when removing a layer of your clothing.

New sports motorcycle jackets just arrived at leatherup.com. Armored and made of 100% breathable waterproof fabric, the  jackets are  available in black, yellow, or red leather trim on the arms, front, back and lower back.

Half-face helmets are the coolest, they weigh the least, they offer the least wind resistance, and don’t block your ears. But they are often criticized for offering the least protection. The latest additions to our Outlaw Helmets line are not only stylish and comfortable—they provide maximum protection.

Our new Outlaw half-face motorcycle helmets are made of a lightweight polycarbonate shell.  Polycarbonate helmets have a sleek look while offering a higher degree of impact absorption than normal half helmets. They are DOT approved and often exceed DOT standards.

Leatherup’s newest long sleeve biker t-shirts have colorful custom graphic art and are made of 100%, pre-shrunk cotton. These new arrivals come with graphics on the sleeves.

LeatherUps’ application to use Vibrum®

Leatherup has an exclusive design for the new series of Xelement Advance Footwear. The X1941.  Incorporating the Vibrum® technology as well as the PORON® 4000 Lifetime Comfort. Combined for an elite comfort and safe boot for almost all disciplines of life but more importantly… riding. We have a great addition to our advanced footwear.

LeatherUp - Advanced Motorcycle footwear

Vibram History

In 1935, the deaths of six of Bramani’s mountaineering friends in the Italian Alps was partly blamed on inadequate footwear. The tragedy drove Vitale Bramani to develop a new climbing sole. Two years later, he patented his invention and launched the first rubber soles on the market with a tread design called the ‘Carrarmato’, with the financial backing of Leopoldo Pirelli of Pirelli Tires. The sole was designed to provide excellent traction on the widest range of surfaces, have a high degree of abrasion resistance and was made using the latest vulcanized rubber of the time.  [Wiki]

Each new Vibram product is designed using only the latest designs and the best compounds for its specific use. New soles are always produced with three objectives: to guarantee the best performance, the maximum level of comfort and quality over time. These objectives are realized by the stringent tests that are executed in the laboratory and in the field by the Vibram Tester Team.~ Vibrum

Goodyear’s contribution

Charles Goodyear (1800–1860) invented vulcanization of rubber when he heated a mixture of rubber and sulfur. The Goodyear story is one of either pure luck or careful research. Goodyear insisted that it was the latter, though many contemporaneous accounts indicate the former. Goodyear claimed that he discovered vulcanization in 1839 but did not patent the invention until June 15, 1844, and did not write the story of the discovery until 1853 in his autobiographical book Gum-Elastica. Meanwhile, Thomas Hancock (1786-1865), a scientist and engineer, patented the process in the UK on November 21, 1843, eight weeks before Goodyear applied for his own UK patent.

Become a fan on Facebook before November 10th to win a chance for a $200.00 gift certificate to LeatherUp.com – Set up your wish list today at LeatherUp.com! Winners will be picked randomly – stay tuned for more details.

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New Arrivals

Leather Advanced vests

Exclusive design only found here, made of durable thick cowhide leather. Features advanced ergonomic triple velcro strap design with stretch panels on each side for a comfortable fit, collarless sleek design with front zipper closure, front zippered pockets, polyester lining and two interior pockets. This exclusive vest is only found here, at LeatherUp.com, the web’s most popular leather store.