Brooks saddles (again, no doubt)

kernel_gadaffi

I've just bit the bullet and got myself a B17, I didn't get the leather treatment as I knew I had a pot of stuff in the house that I use on my good boots and the settee! It's a wax called Renapur leather balsam, will this stiff be OK to use on the saddle?


Ha ha, make that stiff, stuff :oops: :roll:

BruceG

Not good to have a stiff on your saddle, you will no doubt attract the attention of the local police and have to answer some awkward questions!
Even if it is a Brooks

BelgianBeerGeek

Dunno Kernel. There are those who swear by careful and regular saddle treatment and those who just ignore the Brooks in a form of "tough love" way. I have had my Brooks for about 4 months now and having applied most of a tin of the official unguent to it, I can say it's now just giving way.

No-one is calling me a quitter on this one...

cyclingsheep

I've had my Brooks Swift since Xmas. I've treated it three times? Not sure about 'give' as it was pretty damn comfortable right out of the box so "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is my thinking on this one.

Raffles

I simply bought the Selle San Marco Rolls with titanium rails and my bottom has never been happier, talk about ride all day luxury.

shouldbeinbed

Mine get an occasional treatment nowadays and seem perfectly happy with the neglect. I do my best to make sure that they stay dry tho. Mudguards & the little rain cover. Its usually when they have been wetted they get a bit of TLC.

Stick with it & you'll think you're riding your comfiest chair

p9uma

My Brooks saddle seemd to be comfortable from the first ride, certainly no worse than the original saddle. I've done about 300 miles on mine so far in the last four weeks or so, and it's great. Mine came with a tin of the Brooks dubbin stuff, and I gave it a good coat of that, then buffed it up after an overnight soak, but that's all. I think I have got to a stage now that I don't really notice the saddle.

keef66

I gave the underside of my B17 a good dollop of Proofide with a small paintbrush so I could work it into all the nooks and crannies before fitting in order to weather proof it a bit. The top has had a couple of light coatings, and a lot of polishing with my @rse. Armchair comfy out of the box, so I'm not trying to soften it at all.

Hoopdriver

keef66 wrote:

I gave the underside of my B17 a good dollop of Proofide with a small paintbrush so I could work it into all the nooks and crannies before fitting in order to weather proof it a bit. The top has had a couple of light coatings, and a lot of polishing with my @rse. Armchair comfy out of the box, so I'm not trying to soften it at all.

Exactly the same here. And comfortable ou of the box.