I have. http://www.biketinker.com/2011/projects/brooks-saddle-repaired/
I'd just leave the nuts in, if I were you. Rivets are cool, but if it's rideable and the nuts don't chafe, I'd call it done. I pounded on the rivet post side, with the top of the rivet on a piece of wood on a heavy bench. Other rivets, I've tuned up by putting a hammer up inside the cantle, and then tapping on the rivet head. Good luck! Philip www.biketinker.com On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 9:14:53 AM UTC-8, john elliott wrote: > > Has anyone on this list ever replaced the leather on a brooks saddle. I'm > riding on a 90 percent finished recovered saddle. I haven't finished the > final trim and it's installed with brass bolts and nuts instead of rivets. > It turned out better than expected in terms of comfort. I haven't finished > it because I cannot live with my other seat for even a few days. > > I'm about to put in the rivets, but I'm not sure what to use for the back > of the rivets to give them the right shape. Maybe another hammer... > > any thoughts would be appreciated. > > > PS: Anyone have a brooks with trashed leather they want to donate? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
