Brooks 'Seat sandwich' material?



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Jasper Janssen

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I know converter plates exist that together with a longer bolt will allow
you to use double rail Brooks saddles with a modern micro-adjust seatpost,
essentially using the existing clamp on the bottom of the bottom rail and
the top of the top rail, with the plate between to avoid crushing them
together. Does anyone know if there are multiple versions of these, and in
which materials? My high-end semi-local BS knows only of a plastic one
which is apparently not always strong enough, which means it's almost
certainly not strong enough for me. Do any of these exist in alu or (even
better) steel?

Or should I just go with the traditional post & clamp? The serrations on
the traditional clamps often have difficulty securing the rotation of the
saddle when I hit a particularly hard bump, although the Brooks one I have
on another bike is much better than most.

Jasper
 
Per Jasper Janssen:
>My high-end semi-local BS knows only of a plastic one
>which is apparently not always strong enough, which means it's almost
>certainly not strong enough for me. Do any of these exist in alu or (even
>better) steel?


I've got a couple of alu ones for use on the B72s.

Problem I had was that the saddle wires kept breaking under MTB use.

Rode the same Books B72 on the road, however, for at least five years with no
problem.
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PeteCresswell
 
The Brooks seat sandwich I use seems to be made of brass. I got it
second hand so I have now idea how old it might be.

K.
 

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