On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 06:24 -0800, Christian wrote: > > I have direct experience. While my B-17 was very comfortable it did > not last. I wore it out in about 4500 miles--it started sagging to > one side and became asymmetrical. So, it was really comfortable until > it wasn't. I have heard from many others--check out the discussions > on the ibob list--that this is not uncommon. Of course, you might buy > one and have it last for 50,000 miles.
I have several B.17s, none new, with mileage in excess of 10,000 miles and no asymmetric sagging. Although some of these saddles were purchased after the acquisition of Brooks, I believe they were all made prior to that. I'm not sure how common the problem is, but I've not seen it in person, either on my saddles or other people's. > I got a full refund as it was under warranty--it was only a year old-- > and purchased a Berthoud touring saddle from Mike Kone at Rene Herse > in Boulder. It's much harder initially than the B17; the leather is, > by my imprecise calculations, at least twice as thick; I recently got a Berthoud Touring and I agree, the leather seems to be at least twice as thick as a B.l7. I haven't ridden mine yet. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
