About the squeaks in a B67: I came to accept the squeaks in my first B67, but it was more of necessity and resignation than of true appreciation. A few months ago I had to get a new B67 because the tension bolt snapped on the old one as I tried to tighten it (~10 years old) and I did not have time or inclination to find a new bolt and deal with repairing it. I needed to get back on the bike asap.
Sure enough, the new one squeaked in the same way. I decided to spray some lithium-based lubricant (it was what I had handy) on all the metal parts around the tension bolt and the springs, anywhere there could be movement. The squeaking disappeared. It feels pleasantly weird to pedal along in almost complete silence — little noise emanates from the bike itself other than the sound of tires on pavement, gravel, or dirt. As an aside, the new B67 felt exactly like the old one to my sit parts. In other words, I realized that the notion of breaking in a Brooks leather saddle is meaningless for me. There was no appreciable difference in feel between a brand new one and the one I had ridden over thousands of miles for a decade. On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 1:05:19 PM UTC-4 Lucky wrote: > I have both seats. I prefer the B67 for bolt upright where I’m more back > on my butt, and the Flyer goes on my mountain bikes/more lean-over bikes. > Flyer is narrower by quite a bit. It’s a B17 with springs. > > On Aug 29, 2022, at 10:00, schralp <sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just joined after purchasing my first Country bike; a beaut of a lime > olive platypus. Goal is to get more upright and it was outfitted with > albatross bars which are about perfect. However, I put my Brooks > professional from the 70s on and it doesn’t quite match the more upright > position. I’m thinking Flyer vs b67. Any recommendations from this esteemed > group and, how does one avoid annoying squeaks with those spring saddles. > My riding is essentially road and hard packed dry trails in so. Cal. > Thanks! > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1e5406cb-0484-4e65-bd05-ac6b17f29561n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1e5406cb-0484-4e65-bd05-ac6b17f29561n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/20d35994-0d9c-4511-a4a6-32b210ea2e44n%40googlegroups.com.
