| Re: Terry leather saddle durability?
Now why didn't I think of that? (Actually it's sitting in a box waiting to
go back to Performance.)
You may recall that the original post had a number of questions. Not one of
which was "Anybody know if I should send it back to the vendor?"
But thanks for stating the obvious, anyway.
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- GRL
"It's good to want things."
Steve Barr (philosopher, poet, humorist, chemist,
Visual Basic programmer)
"S o r n i" <sorni@bite-me.san.rr.com> wrote in message
news:MHStc.6093$hM4.2272@twister.socal.rr.com...
> 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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