| Re: Terry leather saddle durability?
GRL top-posted:
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> Steve Barr (philosopher, poet, humorist,
> chemist, Visual Basic programmer)
> "Ken" <no@spam.no> wrote in message
> news:Xns94F7AF35D23B9x12@216.251.47.166...
>> "GRL" <GLitwinski@CHARTERMI.COM> wrote in
>> news:10bfibk558bat82@corp.supernews.com:
>>> I was utterly shocked. I bought leather because I thought it would
>>> be more durable. (The leather seats on our 13 year old Toyota have
>>> never done this.) Is this typical of the leather Terry uses? Is
>>> this typical of other leather saddles? It can't be, I hope. Who
>>> would buy the things?
>>
>> How heavy are you? Some bike saddles use a super-thin leather cover
>> that can wear out pretty quickly under a very heavy rider. Compare
>> those to a thick leather saddle like those made by Brooks.
> It's not the leather itself that is wearing. It's the finish coat
> coming off from contact with my cotton shorts. In any case, that old
> saddle was lycra-covered which is nowhere near as tough a material as
> any leather I'm familiar with...and it lasted two years with the
> wear-through coming at the corners, probably exacerbated by lots of
> sun-exposure (my bike lives on my bike carrier when not in use with
> the saddle covered by a plastic bag).
>
> This Terry saddle wear is on the flat surface area, not the corners.
> It looks like the result of really poor leather finishing. I mean
> really poor.
So take it back.
Bill "problem solved" S.
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