[45K10]

Does anyone if you can get a Fizik Arione saddle recovered? I love this saddle but I have about 25,000 miles on it and the cover is coming off.
Thanks

 

[PeanutButterBreath]

Seems like it cane be done:
http://plusonelap.blogspot.com/2007/10/cheap-weight-tip-9-custom-arione-saddle.html

Recent discussion on how to DIY:
http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=140901

 

[axebiker]

25000 miles!?!? Get a new saddle - you've earned it!

 

[gray8110]

25000 miles!?!? Get a new saddle - you've earned it!

I don't know. 25,000 miles is 2.5 years of riding for me - I have two Alliantes with more mileage than that on them. As much as Fizik's high end saddles cost, I would expect a longer life out of the saddle than that.

 

[axebiker]

My Arione lasted a year before it wore through at the edges. I won't buy another.

 

[45K10]

Yeah 25,000 miles is about two years of riding for me but I live in Florida and sweat a lot so that probably does not help with the overall wear of the saddle. I took PeanutButterBreath's advice and removed the the cover, scrapped the old glue off and re-glued the cover back on. It worked like a charm, it does not look like new but I do not care about that. Thanks for the good advice PBB.

 

[JoeyBuck]

Send Fizik's a nice email. I got a new Alliente to replace my worn one. They sold it to me at "cost", but since the saddle was over four years old, I thought that was fair.
Let me warn you though, it is a bit of a process as Fizik is owned by Sella and it comes from Spain as a result.
One will be dealing with a overseas purchase and speaking with people of limited English skills. .