I wouldn’t touch one....
I did a quick search and they seem to have a rather excessive use of springs.
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I did a quick search and they seem to have a rather excessive use of springs.
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But in answer to your question, no I've never used one.
They are the main springs, the rod through the centre acts on the bottom of the spring extending the spring rather than compressing it.
Copied from the Brooks B130
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That picture also shows that when the softer/less resilient tightly wound springs hit their design limit of travel there are stops between the 2 rear bars that bring the 2nd set of stiffer widely wound springs into use.Ah, thanks for that. I thought the world had gone mad for a minute. In the original picture it looks like the saddle rails are attatched to that back plate. This one shows it (the Lepper) better.
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