Nope, not that I know of. Check out these photos. They are from when I first bought the saddle, one year after (bright colour striped photo), and then one year more (present day).
You can see it's been a slow progressive thing. First starting out as some lighter spots, then turned tan (I thought it was just the dye wearing a bit quicker there), then starting to split. To my eye, the profile of the saddle never changed. Never sagged. Never got water logged and wasn't physically scraped or damaged. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fz3CJbm5jTY/VuBTmVHItMI/AAAAAAAAPyc/8F_TuaxI_uA/s1600/14843957372_b7d5656d06_o.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PvN4wZMqKGs/VuBTePIxjbI/AAAAAAAAPyY/_VHWS6eBeCQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-03-09%2Bat%2B10.34.43%2BAM.png> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cnSLDG61u1A/VuBUKuQT_KI/AAAAAAAAPyk/0GFuQu5V7ls/s1600/_DSC7029.jpg> On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 10:28:57 AM UTC-6, Skenry wrote: > > Seeing that last photo.... > Ever turn the bike upside down, resting on the bars and saddle? > Rub points for storage or vehicle transport? > Or wear something with a crotch zipper? > > That looks like mechanical wear to me... > Scott > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Mark Reimer <markn...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> One more photo... >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QjBsTVIYI7M/VuBNvaMNHEI/AAAAAAAAPyA/Y2gaC3IkOkk/s1600/File_001%2B%25282%2529.jpeg> >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 10:21:31 AM UTC-6, Mark Reimer wrote: >>> >>> Yikes! >>> >>> Nope, never been soaked or anything like that. I'll take your >>> recommendation of inspecting the nose piece. This is how my saddle has >>> looked since I got it - the nose shape I mean. It was slowly getting >>> lighter at that spot, but only very recently did the grain change. That's >>> what got me thinking hey this isn't just a wear pattern, this is actually >>> damaged. >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 10:18:26 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote: >>>> >>>> it really looks like it's about to tear through there - any chance it's >>>> been soaked through and ridden wet? >>>> I bought my first select last year, and I don't think I'll ever buy >>>> anything different. It's the only Brooks that I've been totally happy >>>> with >>>> the rate that it's stretching - i.e, negligible. >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
