joe and Zach both have nailed the question. Even in the Select and Special grades, the quality of leather has gone down, but these are the minimum grades to consider. In the lower grades, the odds are against you getting a good saddle. Tension the saddle - return it to that break-in feeling - IMO, you can damage the leather if you don't tension it. A little bit can go a long way, but tension it in 90-degree increments as Brooks recommends and let it settle into its new stretch before you change it again.
On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 2:55:32 PM UTC-5, Zach Duval wrote: > > Tension and report back? > > I've had nothing but favorable impressions (pun semi-intended) of my > Brooks Select (non-sprung), which I've used regularly a bit longer than a > year, other than the damnable dye leaching, which I still haven't solved > satisfactorily. . . > > On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 9:57:34 AM UTC-6, Lungimsam wrote: >> >> So I have only had this saddle for 10 months and I have divots where the >> sit bones sit to the point of feeling the rear of the frame dig into my >> rear end when I ride now. >> >> People say these saddles last for 20 years or so. But mine is becoming >> unrideable at this point. >> >> Any advice? >> >> It is a sprung Flyer, so I am not sure if tension bolt tightening will >> help. Wondering if the springs will just rise with the tensioning, making >> the saddle more concave and the rear frame piece more pronounced. >> >> Anyone have experience with this? Any solutions? >> > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
