The Charge Spoon question

[Smokin Joe]

Mine's the same colour, complete with matching bar tape.

 

[Globalti]

Just taken delivery of this pair of beauties....
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£30.70 for the pair, inc delivery. Bargain

Old one is looking a bit tatty after 20,000 miles. Scruffy at the nose but the rest is tip-top and still as comfy as the day it was first bought.
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No real need to change it just yet but I reckon they can't keep making these super saddles for ever so I have stocked up, just in case. The new ones need some serious butt polishing

Buy some vinyl from a car trim supplier and you can re-cover that.

 

[I like Skol]

Buy some vinyl from a car trim supplier and you can re-cover that.

Are you mad?

It's 15 quid for a new one and any DIY attempt is never going to look as tight and tidy, even if I could do the stitching.

 

[Globalti]

Well yes I probably am because I've re-covered several favourite saddles for myself and others. You can't do the stitching obviously but automotive vinyl is backed with a soft cloth and is very pliable so you can stretch it then glue and staple it over the saddle base, best done somewhere warm so the vinyl is soft. It's easier if the back of the saddle has a plastic trim to hide the ripples where you fold the vinyl underneath.

 

[Chris S]

Saddles are for Nancy boys. Real men sit on the seatpost.

Reminds me of a politically uncorrect 80s joke - BMX arse-bandits