Sunday, September 20, 2009

DIY: New saddle for your bike

The "leather" on the bike saddle was all worn off, so i had two options:
  1. buy a new saddle
  2. "fix" the existing one
For this, I used two pieces of jeans fabric, and some glue
First, take the saddle off your bike



Take all the parts away

Remove the leather, it could be glued to the saddle, so you will have to use some scissors or a knife


Use a felt-tip pen to draw the approximate shape of the leather to the fabric you are going to use for the saddle,

Cut the fabric according to the needed shape, apply the glue on the seat's margins

Glue the fabric to the plastic saddle, and allow the glue to dry for half an hour (or more, depending on the glue you have used.
After that, you should cut the excess of fabric, and maybe apply some more glue at the sharp corners.

Mount the top part to the saddle, add all the parts back (nuts, bolts, etc)

Mount the seat back on the bike


That'd be all :)

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