This is a used saddle I recently purchased for the 29er.  It was in pretty bad shape.  The leather had shrunk and the glue holding the leather to the saddle had failed.

I re-glued the leather, but it had shrunk enough that I couldn’t wrap in around the base of the saddle.  The new glue was held up on a few rides, but the edge of the leather was fraying and was probably not going to stay attached too long.

Pictured above is the solution.  This is a ~2″ length of 1.9″ mountain inner tube pulled over the nose of the saddle covering the exposed edges of the leather.

Trashed Flite Ti: $30 AUD

Glue: $4 AUD

Tube: Free

A few months ago I broke my Sigma 1600 computer when it (and the rest of the bike) unexpectedly met a stream bank.  The computer still worked, but one of the mounting ears was missing.  Initially I just used a pair of zip-ties to hold the computer to the mount, but the zip-ties moved around a bit, I wasn’t confident that the zip-ties would hold on rough trails, and it wasn’t easy to remove the computer from the mount.

As many of you know, inner tubes are very useful for a number of purposes other than holding air in your tires.  My new mount uses a standard 26 x 2″ mountain tube (I’m guessing it is a 2″ tube, I found it on the trail), and that is it.  I just cut a length of tube, cut a window for the computer display, and then another hole to fit around the mount base.  Normally I’d give a procedure or some simple instructions, but since all you have to do is cut two holes in an inner tube I’ll just post some photos:

Broken Mounting Tab

The cut tube prior to installation on the mount

Inner tube mount installed

Computer Mounted (with the buttons still easily accessible)