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Date: 19 Jun 2007 10:28:28
From: Tom Nakashima
Subject: Re: Seat Too Wide?
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"Tom Nakashima" <tom@slac.stanford.edu > wrote in message news:...
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> "* * Chas" <verktygjunk@aol.spamski.com> wrote in message
> news:yLqdnaUvNMocY-rbnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>> I have 6 Brooks Pros and I love them but there are variations in the
>> leather in each of them. I use a meter stick and an inexpensive angle
>> meter to set them up so I'm sitting in the same position on all of my
>> road
>> bikes.
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> My gosh 6 Brooks Pros??? Seems like that would take a lifetime to
> break them all in. A meter stick with a bubble level also works.
> I'm just the opposite, as I tilt my brooks up. This takes the weight
> off my hands and feels the most comfortable for me.
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>> I've found that the B-17 Brooks saddles are way to wide for me in the
>> rear
>> sitz area.
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> Brooks does make a B-17N, the "N" stands for Narrow.
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> Here is a photo of a Brooks B-17 that I've had since 1977. I use the
> Brooks proofhide once a year on top and twice a year on the bottom side.
> It's my most comfortable saddle, as I don't need bike shorts to ride this
> one. I also only had to use the tensioner 3x.
> -tom
Sorry, a more enhanced photo which shows more detail in the leather:
http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Brooks_3.JPG
-tom
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Date: 19 Jun 2007 11:25:24
From: * * Chas
Subject: Re: Seat Too Wide?
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"Tom Nakashima" <tom@slac.stanford.edu > wrote in message
news:f593ns$t4m$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
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> "Tom Nakashima" <tom@slac.stanford.edu> wrote in message news:...
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> > "* * Chas" <verktygjunk@aol.spamski.com> wrote in message
> > news:yLqdnaUvNMocY-rbnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@comcast.com...
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> >> I have 6 Brooks Pros and I love them but there are variations in the
> >> leather in each of them. I use a meter stick and an inexpensive angle
> >> meter to set them up so I'm sitting in the same position on all of my
> >> road
> >> bikes.
> >
> > My gosh 6 Brooks Pros??? Seems like that would take a lifetime to
> > break them all in. A meter stick with a bubble level also works.
> > I'm just the opposite, as I tilt my brooks up. This takes the weight
> > off my hands and feels the most comfortable for me.
> >
> >
> >> I've found that the B-17 Brooks saddles are way to wide for me in the
> >> rear
> >> sitz area.
> >
> > Brooks does make a B-17N, the "N" stands for Narrow.
> >
> > Here is a photo of a Brooks B-17 that I've had since 1977. I use the
> > Brooks proofhide once a year on top and twice a year on the bottom
side.
> > It's my most comfortable saddle, as I don't need bike shorts to ride
this
> > one. I also only had to use the tensioner 3x.
> > -tom
>
> Sorry, a more enhanced photo which shows more detail in the leather:
> http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Brooks_3.JPG
> -tom
>
Looks really nice, you would pay a lot to get that finish today.
Chas.
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Date: 19 Jun 2007 12:16:20
From: Tom Nakashima
Subject: Re: Seat Too Wide?
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"* * Chas" <verktygjunk@aol.spamski.com > wrote in message
news:AoydnaXrRoUWguXbnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@comcast.com...
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> "Tom Nakashima" <tom@slac.stanford.edu> wrote in message
> news:f593ns$t4m$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
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>> "Tom Nakashima" <tom@slac.stanford.edu> wrote in message news:...
>> >
>> > "* * Chas" <verktygjunk@aol.spamski.com> wrote in message
>> > news:yLqdnaUvNMocY-rbnZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> >>
>> >> I have 6 Brooks Pros and I love them but there are variations in the
>> >> leather in each of them. I use a meter stick and an inexpensive angle
>> >> meter to set them up so I'm sitting in the same position on all of my
>> >> road
>> >> bikes.
>> >
>> > My gosh 6 Brooks Pros??? Seems like that would take a lifetime to
>> > break them all in. A meter stick with a bubble level also works.
>> > I'm just the opposite, as I tilt my brooks up. This takes the weight
>> > off my hands and feels the most comfortable for me.
>> >
>> >
>> >> I've found that the B-17 Brooks saddles are way to wide for me in the
>> >> rear
>> >> sitz area.
>> >
>> > Brooks does make a B-17N, the "N" stands for Narrow.
>> >
>> > Here is a photo of a Brooks B-17 that I've had since 1977. I use the
>> > Brooks proofhide once a year on top and twice a year on the bottom
> side.
>> > It's my most comfortable saddle, as I don't need bike shorts to ride
> this
>> > one. I also only had to use the tensioner 3x.
>> > -tom
>>
>> Sorry, a more enhanced photo which shows more detail in the leather:
>> http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Brooks_3.JPG
>> -tom
>>
> Looks really nice, you would pay a lot to get that finish today.
>
> Chas.
>
It only took 30 years,
-tom
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