All things lovely and cool on the bum - Page 3

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:09:43 GMT, Velvet <velvet@not.a.valid.domain>
> wrote in message <XZNKc.3152$3F4.29826144@news-text.cableinet.net>:
>
>
>>I'm still not convinced about them, especially not the bit where you
>>have to wear them in ;-)
>
>
> No, no, you've got it all wrong. The saddle stays the same shape,
> it's your bum that gets broken in :-)
>
> (a serial Brooks owner writes from experience here).
>
> Guy

Yerrrrs, and how's that different to what I've just done with my
existing non-brookes saddle? ;-)

I'll stick with my <purrs> oktavia </purrs> I think.... Now my bum's
used to it I'm not about to go through all that again. I've been
considering buying a spare while they're still made, actually. Just in
case anything ever happens to it. The faff trying to find a saddle that
fitted nicely is something I really could live without experiencing a
second time.

--


Velvet

Simon Brooke wrote:
> I expect that if they're not comfortable
> from day one it's because they aren't right for your **** anyway

I totally agree. I gave up on my Brooks this year; my rear end is either the
wrong shape or too big! It's going on eBay in a few days (the saddle that
is, not my rear end...) once I get some photos of it.

I tried on and off for several years, and for me it never fulfilled it's
promise. I can either sell it, or use it as a spare hammer!

Regards,

Pete.

On 19/7/04 11:18 pm, in article cdhhap$75o$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk,
"Peter Connolly" <newsgroupsdemon@removethisbitacutecomputing.co.uk> wrote:

> Simon Brooke wrote:
>> I expect that if they're not comfortable
>> from day one it's because they aren't right for your **** anyway
>
> I totally agree. I gave up on my Brooks this year; my rear end is either the
> wrong shape or too big! It's going on eBay in a few days (the saddle that
> is, not my rear end...) once I get some photos of it.
>
> I tried on and off for several years, and for me it never fulfilled it's
> promise. I can either sell it, or use it as a spare hammer!

You could just post an ad here first..

...d

On 2004-07-19 18:31 +0000, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:09:43 GMT, Velvet <velvet@not.a.valid.domain>
> wrote in message <XZNKc.3152$3F4.29826144@news-text.cableinet.net>:
>
>>I'm still not convinced about them, especially not the bit where you
>>have to wear them in ;-)
>
> No, no, you've got it all wrong. The saddle stays the same shape,
> it's your bum that gets broken in :-)
>
> (a serial Brooks owner writes from experience here).

My B17 definitely hasn't stayed the same shape, or rather it hasn't kept
the same firmness. It definitely tends to bend in in the middle and
splay its cheeks out when weight is put on it, doing a good impression
of a leather hammock. It's dead comfy like this: 80 miles on Sunday and
no bum problems.

The saddle's splaying and bending was a bit alarming at first, but I've
so far resisted the temptation to spanner the thing's nose bolt any
tighter than a half turn per year. The surface still feels quite hard,
but that's not really the point, I hope. It didn't take more than a few
weeks of light riding to break in to this state, and I'm not a heavy
bloke by any means. I suspect the leather varies quite a lot between
saddles, what with it being a natural product and everything.

--
Andrew Chadwick
You never hear a Cricket crowd chanting "who's the bastard in the hat?"