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"NYC XYZ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the ref -- I've never heard of "tensioned leather"...sounds
> like a throw-back to yesteryear!
>
> The more this thread develops, the more I'm getting a sense of that
> "blind men describing different parts of an elephant"...where I'm all
> three blind men!
>
> Sigh...gotta learn with some $$$ what saddles suit me, I see. So I'm
> gonna get a Serfas RX and one of these leather thinggies, too, and see!
>
I have to agree with the Brooks B17 recommendation. Even though I'm
fortunate to never have ridden an uncomfortable saddle---I have an el cheapo
Velo on my town bike, a Performance house cheapo on my MTB, and Brooks B17s
on both road bikes. I used a Specialized Body Geometry for years, and it was
one of the gimmicky saddles with the cutout. Very comfortable. The Brooks,
however, become YOURS once they're broken in. Break-in doesn't take as long
as you would imagine, and the saddle is still comfortable before. They're
great, they're handmade, and they look fantastic.
news:[email protected]...
>
> Thanks for the ref -- I've never heard of "tensioned leather"...sounds
> like a throw-back to yesteryear!
>
> The more this thread develops, the more I'm getting a sense of that
> "blind men describing different parts of an elephant"...where I'm all
> three blind men!
>
> Sigh...gotta learn with some $$$ what saddles suit me, I see. So I'm
> gonna get a Serfas RX and one of these leather thinggies, too, and see!
>
I have to agree with the Brooks B17 recommendation. Even though I'm
fortunate to never have ridden an uncomfortable saddle---I have an el cheapo
Velo on my town bike, a Performance house cheapo on my MTB, and Brooks B17s
on both road bikes. I used a Specialized Body Geometry for years, and it was
one of the gimmicky saddles with the cutout. Very comfortable. The Brooks,
however, become YOURS once they're broken in. Break-in doesn't take as long
as you would imagine, and the saddle is still comfortable before. They're
great, they're handmade, and they look fantastic.