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E. Willson
Guest
Take it to a good cobbler. Most likely he will be able to fix it.
HTH,
Ernie
"Steve Sr." wrote:
> My Lepper Voyager saddle has failed after only a little over 3 years
> and about 10K miles. The 3 rivets at the nose of the saddle have
> sheared off but the leather is still intact. The two outside (out of
> 5) rivets at the rear of the saddle are also showing signs of
> corrosion. The saddle has been well maintained with proofhide and
> never exposed to rain.
>
> I suspect that the rivets were weakened by corrosion caused by
> perspiration and our humid summer weather. The rivets used were just
> brass plated steel and once the brass plating was gone the rivets just
> rusted until they were weak enough to shear off one by one.
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.
>
> Steve
HTH,
Ernie
"Steve Sr." wrote:
> My Lepper Voyager saddle has failed after only a little over 3 years
> and about 10K miles. The 3 rivets at the nose of the saddle have
> sheared off but the leather is still intact. The two outside (out of
> 5) rivets at the rear of the saddle are also showing signs of
> corrosion. The saddle has been well maintained with proofhide and
> never exposed to rain.
>
> I suspect that the rivets were weakened by corrosion caused by
> perspiration and our humid summer weather. The rivets used were just
> brass plated steel and once the brass plating was gone the rivets just
> rusted until they were weak enough to shear off one by one.
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.
>
> Steve
