Brooks Comfort?

fuck, you girls need to HTFU. i can ride any saddle, as long as its set-up right and never get any troubles. no need for chamois creme or this other wank.

ppfft. back in my day....

"....I used to messenger in Aus with 4 kangaroos, a dozen koalas and 3 crates of beer strapped to my back and all I had was an old piece of bark due to the infamous saddle embargo of 1872...."

yeah yeah yeah....we've heard it all before.....

In america the gooch is known as the "chode".

There's your random daily trivia.

fuck, you girls need to HTFU. i can ride any saddle, as long as its set-up right and never get any troubles. no need for chamois creme or this other wank.

ppfft. back in my day....

+1

never understood this breaking in thing with brooks saddles... mine is much the same as when i first got it a year ago and it was perfectly comfortable then.

paper hats all round then

:p

fuck, you girls need to HTFU. i can ride any saddle, as long as its set-up right and never get any troubles. no need for chamois creme or this other wank. ppfft. back in my day....

Any saddle?

Back in your day you used to be a runner.. so piss off. Brooks are shit. Mine finally got comfortable when I sold the fucker and bought a proper saddle. Long live Selle Italia!!!

at home in melbourne i have a couple of brooks saddles on touring bikes that belonged to my dad (one a bob jackson, the other a jack taylor). the one on the bob jackson has about 10 years' worth of daily riding worn into it... it's lovely.

but yeah, in melbourne.

Back in your day you used to be a runner.. so piss off. Brooks are shit. Mine finally got comfortable when I sold the fucker and bought a proper saddle. Long live Selle Italia!!!

yeah dale when did you become a hardcore cyclist? :p

i'm considering selling mine and getting a proper saddle

I ended up buying some of that Proofide stuff so if anyone wants an application give us a shout before the next ride/social and i'll lube you up (missus).

depends how shapely your arse is. Fat arses get instant blubber comfort whereas bony arses feel the pain.

not true.
get a swallow/ swift.

I'd like to try a race saddle, but have quite wide sit bones.

the b17 is the perfect width, but I've not found a modern plastic job that supports as well.

in the past I had

turbo
slr
san marco caymano

they all felt like shite

I'll be asking owners of rolls and regals for a sit soon

I own both a Charge spoon and a broken in B17, both are comfy in their own way. Charge was instantly comfy, but I prefer the B17 for longer rides.

I have recently laced the B17 so the sides don't flare out. It seems to make a difference and helps the seat keep its shape when broken in, but if I tighten the laces too tight the saddle starts to feel like riding on a drainpipe.

I'd like to try a race saddle, but have quite wide sit bones.

I'll be asking owners of rolls and regals for a sit soon

you can have a sit soon on my regal.

is it possible to get a regal in brown and if so where from?

A little exensive tho

their site: http://www.sellesmp.com/en/full_carbon.htm

I heard that brooks are starting to produce pre-worn-in saddles for instant comfort.

I can only imagine what the wearing-in machine looks like. Perhaps a synthetic wooden arse on the end of a vibrating hydraulic ram?

even though she is dopey as fuck. phwoar, out of 10 i'd definitely giver her one!

wot you'd give her a Brooks..?

The status of my grey tourney brooks is wearing quite nicely... the grey has worn through in places to a nice black... the leather is even softening. I think polo is a good way to soften the saddle... i'll give it another month maybe and it'll be spot on.