Cycling Equipment · Public discussion

Re: Leather Saddle Repair?

Started by Tim McNamara · · Last activity · 2 posts · 336 views

← Back to Cycling Equipment

This thread is locked and is currently read-only.

Thread details

What we know about this thread

Original section
Cycling Equipment
Published
22 October 2004
Last activity
22 October 2004
Original author
Tim McNamara
Posts
2
Discussion status
Public discussion
Total views
336
Views / 30 days
0
Topics
Brooks saddles

The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Showing posts 1–2 of 2
Posts remain in their original chronological order.

Text size
  1. Original post
    Tim McNamara
    Archived post
    #1
    Steve Sr. said:
    Quoted message said:

    I also noticed that this saddle tended to stretch a lot on use and


    then tighten up once it dried out. I never tightened it while it was
    wet. It would almost stretch so much that it would contact the top
    of the seatpost. Is it supposed to stretch that much?

    No.

    Quoted message said:

    Is this lifespan typical of a leather saddle. Do Brooks saddles hold
    up any better? I notice that they seem to be held together with much
    larger copper rivets.

    I have two Lepper saddles which are on bikes I don't ride a lot of
    miles on. I have several Brooks saddles, one of them- a Team Pro-
    I've been riding since 1977 with probably 50,000+ miles on it. It's
    my favorite saddle.

    Report
  2. Email address hidden
    Archived post
    #2
    Tim McNamara said:
    Steve Sr. said:
    Quoted message said:

    I also noticed that this saddle tended to stretch a lot on use and


    then tighten up once it dried out. I never tightened it while it


    was

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    wet. It would almost stretch so much that it would contact the top
    of the seatpost. Is it supposed to stretch that much?

    No.

    Quoted message said:

    Is this lifespan typical of a leather saddle. Do Brooks saddles


    hold

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    up any better? I notice that they seem to be held together with


    much

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    larger copper rivets.

    I have two Lepper saddles which are on bikes I don't ride a lot of
    miles on. I have several Brooks saddles, one of them- a Team Pro-
    I've been riding since 1977 with probably 50,000+ miles on it. It's
    my favorite saddle.

    If you can't fix your saddle, Thorusa is closing out its lepper ti
    leather saddle for $75:
    http://www.thorusa.com/lepper.htm

    Seems like a good deal.

    Report

Keep exploring

Browse the sectionCycling Equipment Return to CyclingForumsStart at the home page Search discussionsFind another thread

Active in the last 60 minutes

Active in this thread

0 users · 0 guests ·0 bots ·0 total

No signed-in users are active right now.

No known search crawlers active right now.