Seat Restoration

With the prices so high for decent replacdment seats I was wondering if any of you had had a go at restoring your own. My seat is completely had it so whatever I do it cant really get any worse.

Mine was pretty bad but I restored it to a decent standard I think. A fair amount of work to do mind, but as you say, they are not cheap to replace.
Here's a few pictures of various stages of restoration :-

Wow! That looks amazing.

Wow! That looks amazing.

So good p!mp63 said it twice!!!!!!!!

Nice job chief, braising's a dying art, but you seem to have managed it really well, and the seat looks perfect

All the best Si.

Thanks Guys.
Learnt to braze at 17 as an app. welder making bicycle frames, once a skill is learned its never lost.
(its the cost of the rods nowadays I find the most difficult!!!!)
Cheers,
Dave

SHORROCKS wrote:So good p!mp63 said it twice!!!!!!!!

Nice job chief, braising's a dying art, but you seem to have managed it really well, and the seat looks perfect

All the best Si.

Damn Smartphones.

realy smart looking....

Chief,

Great bit of work there.

Let me know when you ready to sort my 6v seat out for me

Thanks for the comments White and Blue

Blue - not sure if you were being serious about sorting your seat, but I might be able to help you with it ?

I have a passion for these great little fun bikes, having ridden many, many different bikes over many, many years

I can honestly say that none get as favourable a reaction as these do, they just seem to put a smile on peoples faces .

So, if I can help put more back into use and on the roads with help or advice, or even a bit of restoration work, I'd happily do

so. Cheers,
Dave