Re: [CR]Re-covering brooks saddles

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:58:25 -0700
From: "Bill Gibson" <bill.bgibson@gmail.com>
To: "David Snyder" <dddd@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re-covering brooks saddles
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cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Google Selle-anatomica...they offer a recovering service for about $50, but maybe they'd do an assembly.

On Dec 2, 2007 7:00 PM, David Snyder <dddd@pacbell.net> wrote:
> For clarification, I have the like-new cover off of a broken saddle, with
> nose piece already riveted in.
> This leaves me tempted to just go at it with some low-profile screws and
> nuts,
> but I would prefer originality.
> Has anyone tried extending the threading on the nose bolt, so as to allow
> some additional relaxation while the rear rivets are secured? That seems
> like an
> easy solution, using a threading die, but then the threads probably aren't
> common so the nearby hardware store likely woudn't have the die.
>
> Thanks for all of the suggestions! I think I have a source for the genuine
> rivets
> somewhere in my email archives.
>
> David Snyder
> Auburn, CA usa
>
>
> John Betmanis wrote:
> > I presume you have taken the factory tour at
> > http://www.brookssaddles.com/brooksengland.html
> >
> > You will see there is a press that forms the leather into its shape.
> > Whoever does this would need some such tooling. Another way would be to
> > soak the hide in water and tie it around a male form to dry. I suppose a
> > Swallow would be easier to make without such tooling. A shoemaker could
> > probably do it if provided with enough pictures.
>
>
> >Art Link wrote:
> >>Cyclart has a saddle department. Art Link,San Antonio,TX,USA
>
>
> > At 04:48 PM 02/12/2007 -0800, David Snyder wrote:
> >>>I'm looking for a U.S. installer of saddle hides.
> >>>I have a worn-out Brooks Pro saddle and have the new leather that it
> >>>needs to have riveted on, but I understand the job is quite a challenge
> >>>without proper fixturing at the ready.
> >>> Does anybody do this stateside?
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Bill Gibson
Tempe, Arizona, USA