Author Topic: Is Baldwin Saddles out of business?  (Read 2123 times)

Offline eng943

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Is Baldwin Saddles out of business?
« on: December 13, 2017, 03:10:03 PM »
I had a Baldwin on my last C14, and liked it , but I can't find them on-line anymore. did they close shop?
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Re: Is Baldwin Saddles out of business?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2017, 04:17:43 PM »
I heard they did close.

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Re: Is Baldwin Saddles out of business?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2017, 05:08:59 PM »
Yes, he went back to a 8 -5 job.
« Last Edit: December 14, 2017, 06:12:45 AM by Justcliff »
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Re: Is Baldwin Saddles out of business?
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2017, 03:53:00 PM »
It does appear that way.  I just had to find a local place to recover my Baldwin after I put nearly 50k miles on it.  Shame, because he does damn good work.
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Re: Is Baldwin Saddles out of business?
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2017, 06:52:37 AM »
I just had to find a local place to recover my Baldwin after I put nearly 50k miles on it.  Shame, because he does damn good work.

What was wrong with it to need recovering already with only 50,000 miles?
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Re: Is Baldwin Saddles out of business?
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2017, 04:03:21 PM »
I move around a lot in the corners (read: hang off the side like a spider monkey), and had worn the seam off where the seat section met the front of the tank.  It's the seam under where one's crotch would sit on my bike pictured here:


It was well constructed, but I noted that his later designs eliminated this seam.  Not sure if others had issues, but it was that one seam that wore out.  Rest of the seat itself was fine, but the heating element under the rider section had quit (possibly due to water intrusion from the worn-through seam.
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