Saddle maintenence

Tazlvr

Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather saddle.
Is there anything special I should do to look after it?

TIA

Gaz

MSeries

Tazlvr wrote:
> Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather saddle.
> Is there anything special I should do to look after it?
>
> TIA
>
> Gaz
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>
>
>
I have had a Rolls San Marco for years and not treated it in any special
way, it is still in pretty good condition

davek

Tazlvr wrote:
> Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather saddle.
> Is there anything special I should do to look after it?

Above all, don't let it get wet. I don't really know how San Marco
saddles compare to Brooks, but I'm sure it won't hurt if you treat yours
with a bit of Brooks Proofide, which keeps the leather supple and gives
it some degree of water resistance.

If you don't have mudguards on your bike, it's a good idea to treat the
underside of the saddle as well as the top.

Aside from that, Sheldon Brown has some good advice on how to look after
leather saddles:
<URL:http://www.sheldonbrown.com/leather.html>

d.

Pete Biggs

davek wrote:
> Tazlvr wrote:
>> Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather
>> saddle. Is there anything special I should do to look after it?
>
> Above all, don't let it get wet. I don't really know how San Marco
> saddles compare to Brooks,

The Rolls is a leather covered padded plastic saddle, nothing like a
Brooks, really.

> but I'm sure it won't hurt if you treat yours
> with a bit of Brooks Proofide, which keeps the leather supple and
> gives it some degree of water resistance.

Probably won't do any harm but isn't normally necessary.

> If you don't have mudguards on your bike, it's a good idea to treat
> the underside of the saddle as well as the top.

N/A

> Aside from that, Sheldon Brown has some good advice on how to look
> after leather saddles:
> URL:http://www.sheldonbrown.com/leather.html

It's not a "leather saddle".

~PB

Pete whelan

Pete Biggs wrote:
> davek wrote:
>
>>Tazlvr wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather
>>>saddle. Is there anything special I should do to look after it?
>>
>>Above all, don't let it get wet. I don't really know how San Marco
>>saddles compare to Brooks,
>
>
> The Rolls is a leather covered padded plastic saddle, nothing like a
> Brooks, really.
>
>
>>but I'm sure it won't hurt if you treat yours
>>with a bit of Brooks Proofide, which keeps the leather supple and
>>gives it some degree of water resistance.
>
>
> Probably won't do any harm but isn't normally necessary.
>
I wipe my leather (covered, plastic) saddles with a bit of

baby-oil once a season. Certainly stops the leather cracking.

Not done any harm over more than 10 years

Pete

Michael MacClancy

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 20:25:19 GMT, Tazlvr wrote:

> Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather saddle.
> Is there anything special I should do to look after it?
>

No.

Just thank your lucky stars you haven't got a Brooks with all the faffing
round that entails.
--
Michael MacClancy

Hywel Davies

"Michael MacClancy" <herzel@nospamo2.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1itkmhvwu6zk6.6xb8zikom0q2$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 20:25:19 GMT, Tazlvr wrote:
>
> > Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather
saddle.
> > Is there anything special I should do to look after it?
> >
>
> No.
>
> Just thank your lucky stars you haven't got a Brooks with all the faffing
> round that entails.
> --
> Michael MacClancy

This faffing is indeed a huge pain. I had to replace mine after only 20
years because I neglected it. I even left it and the bike outside for a year
at one point. Mind you it was the metal screw bit which broke / fell off.
But it had gone a bit saggy by then. To be fair I suppose I did put the
special stuff on it twice, and cleaned mould off it more than once - perhaps
that does count as excessive maintenance ?

Hywel

davek

Pete Biggs wrote:
> The Rolls is a leather covered padded plastic saddle, nothing like a
> Brooks, really.

Ah, I see.

> Probably won't do any harm but isn't normally necessary.

I suppose not, but it's probably still a good idea to treat the leather
for purely cosmetic reasons - ie for the same reason you polish your shoes.

d.

davek

Michael MacClancy wrote:
> Just thank your lucky stars you haven't got a Brooks with all the faffing
> round that entails.

Faffing around? A quick rub down with a bit of Proofide every few months
is all it takes.

d.

Simon Brooke

in message <1itkmhvwu6zk6.6xb8zikom0q2$.dlg@40tude.net>, Michael
MacClancy ('herzel@nospamo2.co.uk') wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 20:25:19 GMT, Tazlvr wrote:
>
>> Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather
>> saddle. Is there anything special I should do to look after it?
>
> No.
>
> Just thank your lucky stars you haven't got a Brooks with all the
> faffing round that entails.

What faffing around? A wipe with proofide once in a blue moon?

--
simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; 'I think we should trust our president in every decision
;; that he makes and we should just support that'
;; Britney Spears of George W Bush, CNN 04:09:03

Pete Biggs

davek wrote:

>> The Rolls is a leather covered padded plastic saddle, nothing like a
>> Brooks, really.
>
> Ah, I see.
>
>> Probably won't do any harm but isn't normally necessary.
>
> I suppose not, but it's probably still a good idea to treat the
> leather for purely cosmetic reasons - ie for the same reason you
> polish your shoes.

One's arse polishes one's saddle :-)

Seriously, Proofide or neatsfoot oil hasn't made any visible difference
(for more than one ride) when I've tried it on leather covered saddles,
and they usually survive fine without any treatment at all.

~PB

half_pint

Rub boot polish on your arse.

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> Hi all. I have just bought a new bike with a San Marco Rolls leather
saddle.
> Is there anything special I should do to look after it?
>
> TIA
>
> Gaz
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