Hadn't thought of that. Good point.
Philip Martin Arlington VA USA ----- Original Message ----- From: John Wood To: Philip Martin Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [CR]cleaning leather saddles
As an ex-baseball player myself, I'd be careful about using anything designed for use baseball gloves on a good leather saddle. Generally treatments for gloves (like neatsfoot oil) soften leather. While this is desirable for baseball gloves - speeds break-in - it is undesirable for bike saddles, as it will cause them to lose their shape prematurely and sag. The Brooks Proofhide protects the leather without softening. I am unfamiliar with the treatment mentioned, but I would recommend caution.
John Wood Red Lodge, MT
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Philip Martin <psphil@mindspring.com> wrote:
I don't know much about saddles, but I do know a bit about good quality baseball gloves. I might be inclined to use a good quality baseball glove conditioner on my leadther saddle (once I actually get one). The Akadema conditioner on attach page is particularly good in my experience as both a conditioner and cleaner on my ball gloves. I am not a leather expert but I think what any leather needs is something that cleans and conditions without saturating or leaving build up in the leather. I'd be curious to compar contents of glove conditioner with what is in Brooks conditioner.
http://www.akademapro.com/
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wood" <braxton72@gmail.com> To: "Tom Harriman" <transition202@hotmail.com> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [CR]cleaning leather saddles
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Tom Harriman
<transition202@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> A good souses of information about this would be a local horse
and saddle
>> s
>> hop. A good horse saddle can start at 5,000 dollars, and go up
from
>> there.
>> Horse people take really good care of there saddles. This kind
of infor
>> is a little hard top come by in San Francisco, but I'll see what
I can
>> do.
>
>
> Well, it ought to be easy to come by in Red Lodge, MT - I'll ask
the
> horse
> people I know.
>
> John Wood
> Red Lodge, MT - where horses most likely outnumber people.
>
>>
>>
>> Tom Harriman
>> San Francisco, Ca.
>>
>> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> > Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:04:24 -0500
>> > From: cwstudio@aol.com
>> > Subject: [CR]cleaning leather saddles
>> >
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I have recently acquired a very nice Fuji leather saddle, which
is in
>> nee
>> d o
>> > f cleaning and conditioning, and am wondering about the best
way to
>> proce
>> ed.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > My first inclination is to get a quality saddle soap for the
cleaning
>> por
>> tio
>> > n of the process, and then use Brooks Proofide to condition it.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > If anyone has experience in this particular matter, I would
really like
>> t
>> o l
>> > earn more about it. Then I plan on riding the saddle!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Chris Wimpey
>> >
>> > San Diego, CA
>> >
>> >
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