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Old 10-11-13, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by PalmettoUpstate
Those B-72 pics; the two real problem areas are the two tears at the rivets; one fore and one aft.

Wonder if it would make sense to go to a top-flite shoe repair business and have them sew some reinforcement strips of leather onto the underside of the saddle?

Anyone ever tried that?

Of course if that fails I could turn it into a Velo Object d' Art!

I would think, if the leather is degraded enough to tear, once patched it would tear soon elsewhere. Have rhm teach you the secrets of saddle leather replacement.
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