Re: [CR]Reshaping Brooks saddle

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:34:29 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Reshaping Brooks saddle
References: <020e01c525e3$d5b8d030$6401a8c0@julian>


Julian Shapiro wrote:
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> I have an old brown Brooks B72 that I use on my coaster-brake 'round town bike. The problem is that it's gotten quite flat (and thusly uncomfortable) in its old age.. I've tensioned it up a bit. But the leather seems to be stretching out around the rivets in fron so I don't want to pull it any more. Anybody have a method for getting the "wings" to assume a more vertical position?
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> Julian Shapiro
> Sag Harbor (still bitter cold) New York

Butchered and tied saddles on Wallingford Bicycle Parts: http://www.wallbike.com/content/butchering.html

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena (still warm and sunny) Southern California

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