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Recovering Saddles


ren8gor

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Does anyone know whether its possible to have saddles recovered.

 

My beloved Sella Italia Flite finally died at the Swazi Frontier.

 

If anyone has had some success in recovering or knows of anyone who would do this kind of work, please let me know.

 

Thanks

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Try BMC in Salt River. Last time i was there they had a sample of a recovered saddle.

 

Contact Details for the Bicycle Maintenance Company:

1 Argyle Road, Woodstock Tel: 021 – 448 4692

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Long ago I raced with an ostrich farmer from Oudtshoorn who had a Flite saddle covered in brown ostrich leather. Awesome.

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  • 6 years later...

Velobrien, in Woodstock. He will not just re-cover it, he will strip off all the padding, because that is mostly worn out by the time it needs re-covering. Then he will check that the base is intact before re-building it with the right density foam, to the right thickness, shape it right, and only then cover it with real leather. He can also put any design into it if you want something unusual. The workmanship is fantastic. I do leather work myself, and I take my saddles to him.

 

https://velobrien.com/

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Its a easy DIY project.

very carefully remove old leather.

soak new leather and stretch it over the seat and let dry

it will shrink into form

use contact adhesive and glue down while giving a last stretch

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Velobrien, in Woodstock. He will not just re-cover it, he will strip off all the padding, because that is mostly worn out by the time it needs re-covering. Then he will check that the base is intact before re-building it with the right density foam, to the right thickness, shape it right, and only then cover it with real leather. He can also put any design into it if you want something unusual. The workmanship is fantastic. I do leather work myself, and I take my saddles to him.

 

https://velobrien.com/

 

What cost approximately to redo a saddle?

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