mikeymustard
Guru
I've bought a couple of Brooks saddles off a friend who's been trying to find his perfect perch(?), one's a nice honey B17 for the partner's bike, and the other one is a B15 Swallow for my road bike.
These are as new with barely a mark on them, yet the swallow doesn't seem as tight as I would expect.
I have no experience of these skinny style Brooks so I need to know if the friend has been messing with the tension in an attempt to make it more comfy, or whether it's a thing with it having such a narrow nose.
I'm pretty sure he wouldn't admit to fiddling with it even if he had!
I don't want to wreck it - either by over-tensioning it or by using it too loose (bearing in mind I am a big chap). I've read somewhere that swallows have been known to de-tension but don't know how common, or even how accurate this is.
These are as new with barely a mark on them, yet the swallow doesn't seem as tight as I would expect.
I have no experience of these skinny style Brooks so I need to know if the friend has been messing with the tension in an attempt to make it more comfy, or whether it's a thing with it having such a narrow nose.
I'm pretty sure he wouldn't admit to fiddling with it even if he had!
I don't want to wreck it - either by over-tensioning it or by using it too loose (bearing in mind I am a big chap). I've read somewhere that swallows have been known to de-tension but don't know how common, or even how accurate this is.