Brooks saddles
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jayonabike
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I had a look at a brooks on a pashley in a bike shop yesterday. It had the look and feel of cheap plastic, i take it they don't stay like that?
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
"Cheap plastic"?!?!?! I presume you think that high-quality woollen suits have the look and feel of polyester?
I have a B17 which I bought in the early to mid 90s and did several thousand miles on club runs up until 7 or 8 years ago. It was supremely comfortable.
However, last year after 7 or 8 years of non-use I put it on our tandem for our 2 week jaunt down to the Loire. I couldn't believe how uncomfortable it was and after an hour in the saddle was longing for a break.
Why should this be? It has been kept in the dry and I'm pretty much the same weight and shape as before. I have been cycling more on "racing" saddles recently (spoon, selle italia) so maybe I'm now more used to them. It looks ok but perhaps it has sagged? Is it because it's pretty much impossible to get out of the saddle for a rest when on a tandem?
I'm thinking of swapping it with a racing saddle for our tandem tour this year.
However, last year after 7 or 8 years of non-use I put it on our tandem for our 2 week jaunt down to the Loire. I couldn't believe how uncomfortable it was and after an hour in the saddle was longing for a break.
Why should this be? It has been kept in the dry and I'm pretty much the same weight and shape as before. I have been cycling more on "racing" saddles recently (spoon, selle italia) so maybe I'm now more used to them. It looks ok but perhaps it has sagged? Is it because it's pretty much impossible to get out of the saddle for a rest when on a tandem?
I'm thinking of swapping it with a racing saddle for our tandem tour this year.
Fab Foodie
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
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- Kirton, Devon.
There is a woman's version of the B17 and IIRC other Brooks models.So which model would be suitable for a women's road bike? (Secteur)
jayonabike
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New saddle arrived at it looks the bomb!
guitarpete247
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I got mine, a "Brooks Competition" of my little brother's Carlton. He never used the bike so I swapped a cheap leather saddle I didn't like for his Brooks. He still doesn't know to this day. He thought his saddle always was like that as he only got his bike back from my dads about 15 years after stopping using it. He put kiddy seat on the back to take his son out. He's stopped riding again so he'll never know now.
I've had the saddle now since 1985 (ish) and it's still comfortable and in decent nick. Proofide it once a year and polish it up after riding any distance. It must add a few pound to weight of bike but it fits my derriere so it's mine now. He doesn't know about cyclechat and even if he did he'd not recognise my name on here so shhhhh!!
I've had the saddle now since 1985 (ish) and it's still comfortable and in decent nick. Proofide it once a year and polish it up after riding any distance. It must add a few pound to weight of bike but it fits my derriere so it's mine now. He doesn't know about cyclechat and even if he did he'd not recognise my name on here so shhhhh!!
I got mine, a "Brooks Competition" of my little brother's Carlton. He never used the bike so I swapped a cheap leather saddle I didn't like for his Brooks. He still doesn't know to this day. He thought his saddle always was like that as he only got his bike back from my dads about 15 years after stopping using it. He put kiddy seat on the back to take his son out. He's stopped riding again so he'll never know now.
I've had the saddle now since 1985 (ish) and it's still comfortable and in decent nick. Proofide it once a year and polish it up after riding any distance. It must add a few pound to weight of bike but it fits my derriere so it's mine now. He doesn't know about cyclechat and even if he did he'd not recognise my name on here so shhhhh!!
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