I've owned a few pre-owned Brookses, they were great. Let someone else break 'em in!
On Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 4:41:34 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Well, heck. For some reason, I thought this might be an easy solve. > > Mike, I’ve never heard of an “aged” saddle, but I’m definitely checking it > out. > > Sally…I don’t know if my long-ago Brooks B17 was a short version or not. > I’ll bet it wasn’t. Maybe that’s a big part of this because the saddle DOES > feel a bit “off” for me. I immediately disliked it. > > > And Eric…for some reason I just can’t describe, I really want a leather > saddle. It’s irrational. > > Is it a bad idea to buy a pre-owned saddle? > On Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 6:51:12 PM UTC-4 Eric Daume wrote: > >> Switch it to a C17. >> >> I’ve never liked the leather Brooks saddles: hard, slippery, and >> uncomfortable. But I picked up a used C17, and it fixes all of those >> issues. The frame is much nicer as well—looks like a nice cast piece with >> saddle loops, vs the rough stamping of the B17. >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Sunday, May 18, 2025, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Friends, >>> >>> My Brooks B67S saddle…the wide saddle with springs…was squeaking so >>> distractingly much that I decided to try the B17S (no springs), and OUCH. >>> So stiff! >>> >>> I had a B17 many years ago and don’t remember it being so stiff, but I >>> rode lots more then and perhaps I broke it in quickly. My previous B17 was >>> on my Atlantis, which is set up with mustache handlebars, so I wasn’t >>> riding entirely upright…the new saddle is on my Platypus with Choco >>> handlebars, so I sit more upright on it, and I have a feeling my sitbones >>> hit differently on the Platy. >>> >>> Anyway, I’m not getting any younger, and I wonder if there’s a cheating >>> way to soften it up. I’ve been thinking of taking a mallet to it. >>> >>> Liz in Cincinnati >>> >>> -- >>> >> 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 [email protected]. >> >> >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/341ec4cb-75ec-4f1d-b6ee-9e7a711f893fn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/341ec4cb-75ec-4f1d-b6ee-9e7a711f893fn%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/63cf89e2-4816-49da-9837-2657ea6e82e3n%40googlegroups.com.
