I remembered that I had a tub of Renapur Leather Balsam which I've used on other saddles. So I put some on the saddle and left it overnight before polishing off the excess. Works a treat: I sprayed water on the saddle and the water drops simply sit on the surface instead of being absorbed.
Breaking in a Brooks saddle
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MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
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- Farnborough, Hampshire
I carry a plastic bag as it goes over the saddle pack as well, pretty sure it's not adding too much weight
GrumpyGregry
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rich p said:
Ooo, ooo, ooo. Where in Slow-venia are you going? Lovely holiday there 4 years ago
GrumpyGregry
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Gerry Attrick said:If you are really posh, you use the official Brooks saddle cover. I'm really posh
I'm not. But I have pretensions so I've got one too.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
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- Farnborough, Hampshire
GrumpyGreg said:
sadly, pretensions are as far as it'll ever go
GrumpyGregry
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MacBludgeon said:sadly, pretensions are as far as it'll ever go
you have no idea how true that is....
My dad bought me my second two wheeler bike when I was about 12yrs old, Price £26.10s. A Sun racing bike with Brooks saddle.
The bike hasn't been used in donkeys years and is laying cobwebbed up in my back bedroom. The Brooks saddle is still the hardest know material to man
Regards
TC
The bike hasn't been used in donkeys years and is laying cobwebbed up in my back bedroom. The Brooks saddle is still the hardest know material to man
Regards
TC
TBH, andy, I reckon they do.andym said:
I have always ridden Brooks and never had a problem. If you mean water bouncing up off the road, I have found that occasional applications of Proofide on the underneath of the saddle stops any water soaking in - and I ride without mudguards. If you mean rain on the saddle when it's parked up, it just wipes off mine with a bare hand and doesn't soak in at all.
If I was commuting I would certainly do more wet riding, but then I would use mudguards so I don't think the saddle would get any wetter.
Does that mean yours is gathering cobwebs as well? I could re-home it for you.TopCat said:The Brooks saddle is still the hardest know material to man
I have a Team Pro which a neighbour gave me in <cough> 1960 and will certainly outlast me - but you can never have too many Brooks...threefingerjoe
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Never used Proofide on mine. I do, however, use boot oil every few months. Ride with mudguards, so saddle never gets wet, other than from sweating. Use a plastic bag held on by a small velcro strap to cover it on the rare instances when it's in the rain without my bum covering it.
I guess you can use a wax on it to waterproof it, but, then, you're defeating one of the advantages of leather...it's ability to "breathe".
I guess you can use a wax on it to waterproof it, but, then, you're defeating one of the advantages of leather...it's ability to "breathe".
Randochap
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Gerry Attrick said:
Me too!
Randochap
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andym said:
Selle Anatomica ... Waterproof? My friends' disintegrated at the 2007 Paris-Brest-Paris, leaving him sitting on a piece of soggy material draped over the seatpost.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Books saddles seemed relatively unaffected by the continuous deluge.
The swift is definitely worth considering. I've got one on my winter bike and I love it. Its never been uncomfortable either. I've got a Fizik Arione on the good bike for looks as much as anything else and I have found that uncomfortable at times (usually at the start of the season), however when it goes I'll get another swift. They are not much heavier either.
