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"Just zis Guy, you know?" <
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> On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 23:34:44 GMT,
[email protected] wrote:
>
> >Spare yourself the trouble. Brooks saddles are a religion for those who believe saddles should be
> >leather. My last Brooks Professional lies cracked and worn out, hard as a rock, after thousands
> >of miles of Proofide and all weather riding. When a large crack developed between the rear frame
> >years ago I switched to Cinelli and then Avocet plastic shell saddles that are comfortable from
> >the start.
>
> This can happen. I also know people who have tried many different varieties of plastic shell
> saddle before eventually stumbling on the Brooks, and never gone back. No two arses are the same
> shape, after all. I ride with a touring club and most of us are on Brooks B17 - and those that
> aren't often have other leather saddles. This is not done out of religious conviction, but because
> they are comfortable over the long haul.
Ummm, with a little research you might find that Jobst is rather familiar with "the long haul."
Check out his 1959 (the year I was born) Tour of the Alps report, in particular- a long-gone day
when one could drop in on Mr. Cinelli and solve the melting glue problem with wooden rims.
http://www-math.science.unitn.it/Bike/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Tou r_of_the_Alps/
http://www.bicyclinglife.com/Recreation/SierraSpring.htm
http://www.bicyclinglife.com/Recreation/SierraSpring2000.htm
Guy, your spelling and language suggests that you are a UK rider- the land where Brooks saddles are
the norm rather than the exceptions they are here in the U.S. There really is a rather religious
attitude towards Brooks saddles here. I find them fine and have Pros and B.17s on several of my
bikes, but I also find the WTB SST saddle fine, as well as my Ritchey WCS turbo shaped saddle (good
for 100 miles easily) and my Avocet Air O2 40M (what marketing flack came up with *that*?). I rode
the latter this summer when I toured the Alps and had no discomfort whatsoever despite 10 hour days
in the saddle.