need some advice on this , I am in Mesa for the next few weeks and have been doing a lot of riding, I somehow managed to catch a boot eyelet on the seat and tear a small hole in the seat , This seat has about 60k miles on it (I moved it from my last bike) Should I just have the whole seat redone ? or just have the tear fixed ? I don't want to give up much riding time , anybody in the Mesa area have names of a shop they would recommend?
thanks

 

With 60,000 miles, you should re-do the foam base while the seat is opened up.
The PHX metropolis should have a bunch of upholstery shops. Some might have a loaner seat so you can ride while they work on yours.

 

I guess I should have stated that this seat has been done for me by Mean City Cycles and has fairly new double memory foam installed

 

Leather or Vinyl ?

 

if its vinyl you can use this, it worked pretty well and was easy, its by no means perfect but it definitely works

 

this works well

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Tear-Mende...ingMethod=p13n

 

put some electrical tape on it for now until you can afford some downtime then have it repaired/recovered professionally.

 

I would also add that if the tear isn't spreading, maybe find a slip cover for your seat so you wouldn't notice the quick repair job. Like the old saying goes, " out of sight, out of mind."

 

this is a shot of my repair, not great but I probably could have done a little better job