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I've got a saddle that I really love but its now seen a fair few miles and could do with recovering.
Any ideas where this could be done please, I'm in the West Mids but could obviously post if necessary.
Thanks Nathan
Interested in this. Got a white spesh toupe but it's tatty and would be better in black now
Looks useful thanks.
I have an image in my mind of a tiny saddle sans bicycle being towed behind an enormous tow truck now. This probably says a lot more about me than anything else.
As you were...
Many many many years ago a friend of mine worked here. He recovered a saddle on my bike. He no longer works there but could be worth a try.
http://www.motorcycleseatworks.co.uk/
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Place in Chorlton ,Manchester offers a recovering service.
http://deadrats.co.uk/bespoke/leather/saddles/
Or for a higher end service this dude in Texas will do it too.
http://www.recoveredsaddle.com/
Just do it yourself its dead easy.
I did one a couple of years ago. Leather remnant from ebay, spray adhesive, and contact cement were all that I had to buy.
Old suede jackets work well.
My brother is a bit of an expert on recovering saddles, but he's away on holiday at the minute.... I'll see if I can find the thread....
EDIT
here you go
http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/recovering-a-saddle-part-2-and-3
I've done it a few times, you need soft stretchy vinyl, Evo-Stik, solvent, sharp knife, stapler and a warm room so the vinyl stays soft and stretchy. Get the vinyl from car upholstery suppliers like Segal Motor Trim in Manchester.
I prefer leather, the thinner it is, the easier it is.
Why use vinyl when you can use leather?
Staples are not needed at all if you use contact adhesive. I think they only use staples on normal saddles to speed up production. My newly covered leather saddles have never come unstuck.
Choosing the right leather is key. Not too thick as it's harder to use and harder to break in.
My favourite so far, used a distressed brown leather on this one. Cost about £4 in total.
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Did this one too. Cost about £15 including buying the titanium saddle!!
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I'm not an expert, just thought to myself "how hard can it be" and gave it a go!!
@Robdob, what glue do you use as I fancy giving this a go, got some leather and a saddle and would rather not waste them by using the wrong adhesive.
contact cement, but start off from the nose. the rest is easy.
Contact adhesive, same sort you stick worktop edges down with. You get quite high using it but it makes the job fly by.... Liberal amount pasted all over both sides, left to dry BEFORE sticking together. They really aren't coming apart afterwards.
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taking it a step further.
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