Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Contrary to speculation, I do not have steel balls. But I do agree that there is a defect here. I've taken it to the shop I purchased it from (another reason to buy local when you can!) and they agree, and are going to attempt to have it replaced under warranty. It is three months shy of two years old, so it falls under the regular Brooks warranty.
The question of sitting too far forward, it's a good question, though I'm positive it's not the case. Even as far as Brooks riders go, my saddle angle is often quite 'upward', sliding me toward the widest part at the rear. I did that because when it was flatter I had a tendency to slide forward, which was rather uncomfortable on my non-steel balls. I'll keep you posted on the warranty response... On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 7:55:22 AM UTC-6, Ron Mc wrote: > > Please don't shoot the messenger here, but I'm going to throw out one more > idea. Any chance you are sitting too far forward on the saddle? If you > sit back, does the saddle feel too wide? If this is the case, you may want > to try Rivet Indy All Road. Regards. > > >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Mark Reimer <markn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qg2Chg83Sas/VuBFwwsSGsI/AAAAAAAAPxk/YX6A5wXPcTY/s1600/File_002%2B%25282%2529.jpeg> >>>> I've been riding a Brooks B17 Special since I got my Atlantis, which >>>> was about 1.5 years ago. I applied proofide when I bought it. Over time >>>> I've developed this weird 'snake bite' pattern right above the metal nose >>>> piece. I just emailed Brooks and they indicated it was 'in desperate and >>>> immediate need of tensioning', which I find odd. The saddle still has the >>>> shape it had when new. It's not sagging or a hammock like some very old >>>> and >>>> worn saddles. I was under the impression tensioning these saddles >>>> unnecessarily could lead to premature failure. 1.5 years seems pretty >>>> early. Anyone else have this problem? I'm going to follow their advice, >>>> but >>>> thought it was weird. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> signature goes here >>> >> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
