Recovered saddle

[andy.l]

Found an old Flite Transalp in my shed,was a little bit weathered to say the least...

So carefully took the old leather covering off,smelt 'orrible

Bought a offcut of leather from ebay,light tan colour to match the Wildgrippers ,think it was about £3.50 and using some strong carpet adhesive spray recovered it.I think slightly thicker wouldve been better as some of the rough foam can be seen through the contour but its a lot better than what it was.

 

[JustKev]

very good!

:idea: :idea: :idea:

 

[guybe]

You did an excellent job, nice one.

 

[billinjah]

brilliant job ive been meaning to do this for a while you can make the foam less rough by sanding it lightly.

 

[andy.l]

Yeah i shouldve done that,got carried away with seeing if it would work,ill know in future

 

[Corduroyboy]

Nice job!

When are you going to start up the 'Retrobike Recovery' service then?

 

[scant]

yup, top job. you should offer it as a paid service in the sticky thread with specific help, eg slim & elastomers etc

 

[lewis1641]

good work chief. i'm so pleased i found this site - it had never crossed my mind to recover my tatty saddle!!

 

[kaiser]

Great work again andy.

 

[andy.l]

Thanks chaps,its really easy to do,just make sure the leather you choose has some stretch in it,if you find a supplier then ask them for a 1" square like i did to test it.

Make sure like billinjah has said that you smoothe out the old foam/glue mix as you may get tiny lumps in it like mine,lol

Its yet to have the ride test to see how it fares with wear.