Brooks Saddles...
Greg T
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Should I?
Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?
What would Thora Hurd do?
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Greg T wrote:Should I?
YesRule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
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If your looking for the standard B17 i've seen them for £32Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Greg T wrote:Should I?
Pipe? Slippers? Rapha tweed suit?
I guess these urges overtake us all eventually. Before you know it you'll be having your prostate checked (tip - don't see a male doctor for this) and checking out the Just for Men section in Boots...Bike1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3258551288/
Bike 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N ... otostream/
New Bike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3479300346/0 -
B17 on my old bike, B17 on my new one. I think it is great and comfy, commuting and long distance tour planned on it now too."This area left purposefully blank"
Sign hung on my head everyday till noon.
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Yes
I have a B17 and although it seemed to take bloody ages to break in for me, about 1000miles(think I have strange shaped butt) its now amazing, can now knock off consecutive days 100milers without even noticing the saddle, but not everyone gets on with them, Plus I like it as its brown looks old school on my supergalaxyFCN 8 mainly
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Can't vote as there isn't one that fits, but I had a B17 last summer - sold it [on here actually...] as I just didn't get on with it. It may well have fitted me perfectly after some hundreds of miles but I wanted it to fit last summer, not this coming June, and anyway the narrow slotted razor-thin jobby that I replaced it with worked out of the box, and still does. On top of that, a big brown leather saddle on a lightweight road rocket does a look a bit pants, whichever leg you stand on.
Brookes aren't the only game in town, despite what some would have you believe.0 -
A Brooks saddle would go jolly nicely with your Rapha suit, Mr. Chumley-Warner.
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Always Tyred wrote:A Brooks saddle would go jolly nicely with your Rapha suit, Mr. Chumley-Warner.
Yes.
Poke it AT.
I'm exploring Gentlemen's Cycling options and until Rapha tailor mess kit then I'm just not interested.
Hmmmm
Gentlemen's Cycling Club....
An idea has sprouted.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
I had a B17 back in the eighties and tried to break it in.
Covered it in loads of neatsfoot oil and got a soggy ar*e for my trouble.
Gave up and bought a Bernard Hinault Turbo.
You need to be patient but it sounds like its worth it in the end.
Needs to be matched to something retro / traditional looking.FCN 4 summer
FCN 6 Winter
'Strong, Light, Cheap : choose two' Keith Bontrager0 -
I like to agree, and therefore agree with everything everyone's said above.
Also, I'm moving to France to sit on fences in a more understanding culture...0 -
Greg T wrote:Always Tyred wrote:A Brooks saddle would go jolly nicely with your Rapha suit, Mr. Chumley-Warner.
Yes.
Poke it AT.
I'm exploring Gentlemen's Cycling options and until Rapha tailor mess kit then I'm just not interested.
Hmmmm
Gentlemen's Cycling Club....
An idea has sprouted.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:I'm moving to France to sit on fences in a more understanding culture...
What is this?
There's nothing understanding about French Culture unless you consider blockading ports, striking, saying non a lot and getting shoed by the Huns every 50 years as "understanding"
Spill the beansFixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
I rode a Brooks B17 for 10,000 miles and it never "broke in".
So, I got one of these instead (well, four; one for each bike - including my Dolan track bike):
http://www.mcmwin.com/0 -
gert_lush wrote:Yes
I have a B17 and although it seemed to take bloody ages to break in for me, about 1000miles(think I have strange shaped butt) its now amazing
I'm still breaking in my tan B17 christmas present. The only benefit of Easter Monday's 40 mile hilly tour around West Yorkshire was that I had an instant incentive to stand on the pedals at all times and not just on the hills!
I think it's the saddle that breaks you in and not the other way around.
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Greg T wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:I'm moving to France to sit on fences in a more understanding culture...
What is this?
There's nothing understanding about French Culture unless you consider blockading ports, striking, saying non a lot and getting shoed by the Huns every 50 years as "understanding"
Spill the beans
*shrugs shoulders, assumes French accent*
Euhhhhhhhh Bof...0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:
*shrugs shoulders, assumes French accent*
Euhhhhhhhh Bof...
Unless you have taken an apprentice position as a saucy French Maid (and I think you'll find subscriptions have closed for this academic year - I tried) there can be no justifiable reason for going Saucisson Side.
Don't play coy with me....Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
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Greg T wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:
*shrugs shoulders, assumes French accent*
Euhhhhhhhh Bof...
Unless you have taken an apprentice position as a saucy French Maid (and I think you'll find subscriptions have closed for this academic year - I tried) there can be no justifiable reason for going Saucisson Side.
Don't play coy with me....
Yeah, they shut applications in February, which I thought was really early, I only managed to find a large enough feather duster in early March. I'm hoping I'll go through clearing and perhaps get a place as a saucy Swedish Milkmaid. Although with the markets as they are...0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:I'm hoping I'll go through clearing and perhaps get a place as a saucy Swedish Milkmaid. Although with the markets as they are...0
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Have you tried Switzerland? I have heard there are a shortage of Heidis. GregT could be Peter but I am afraid his knees would look out of place in those shorts.Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.
Felt F55 - 2007
Specialized Singlecross - 2008
Marin Rift Zone - 1998
Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali0 -
I'd need to practice my yodelling and Greg would need a horn...
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Short hairy legged roadie FCN 4 or 5 in my baggies.
Felt F55 - 2007
Specialized Singlecross - 2008
Marin Rift Zone - 1998
Peugeot Tourmalet - 1983 - taken more hits than Mohammed Ali0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:I'd need to practice my yodelling and Greg would need a horn...
*snickering*
Gnurk Gnurk Snigger.
Glad to see my own thread has degraded so rapidly. It make me proud...
We need to work on your yodelling top notes LiTs I think you have the lungs for it but your technique needs sharpening.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
Greg T wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:I'd need to practice my yodelling and Greg would need a horn...
*snickering*
Gnurk Gnurk Snigger.
Glad to see my own thread has degraded so rapidly. It make me proud...
We need to work on your yodelling top notes LiTs I think you have the lungs for it but your technique needs sharpening.
Less about my yodelling, what are you going to do about your horn?
*barely disguised giggling*0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:what are you going to do about your horn?
It's never let me down before but it is cold on this mountain and those Goats have a disconcerting habit of staring at you...Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
It's not the goats you have to worry about. Its that chap behind you with the leiderhosen on a bike with a Brooks saddle clutching a tub of chamois cream.
Just trying to get back on thread.Bike1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3258551288/
Bike 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N ... otostream/
New Bike
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3479300346/0 -
What you need is one of these to go with the deerstalker and norfolk jacket
http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/guvnor.html :roll:0 -
Degradation of threads = many strange looks in the office as I chuckle away to myself.
Great stuff
Now I can just imagine LiT singing "lonely goatherd" about Greg though."This area left purposefully blank"
Sign hung on my head everyday till noon.
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hisoka wrote:Degradation of threads = many strange looks in the office as I chuckle away to myself.
Great stuff
Now I can just imagine LiT singing "lonely goatherd" about Greg though.
Oh - Goat HERD. I always thought it was a lowly goat t*rd. But then I never sussed why you'd want to go over the rainbow to weigh a pie.0