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Johno59

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Saddle Up. Stick it to the Man

Brooks refuse to sell/replace the leather on their saddles, all of which are very expensive new or second-hand. Consequently the world is awash with broken Brooks saddles.

BEFORE A familiar sight to all.

BEFORE Still structurally sound after 50 years , even the dreadful spring mattress version.

About 30 US dollars of leather each.

AFTER Was a bit concerned about the strength of the leather but after ride yesterday had to slacken the tensioner as the leather was too stiff.

AFTER. Used rust converter rather than rust remover so the undercarriage is much darker.

AFTER. The youngest saddle is 50 years old and the oldest more than 70 years old (the B33 front and center). For some stupid reason they use proprietary nuts and bolts both size and thread so I got well upset when I mixed fittings up. I had to enlarge some of the holes to accommodate metric versions of unserviceable fittings. Pleased to say 95% of fasteners /fittings did not need replacement.
Not including the copper rivets of course. They were all cut off.

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