The mistake you're going to see here was made at the factory - that's the bonding resin bleeding through - being squeezed through as the saddle stretched
<https://i.imgur.com/ex5Oa3t.jpg> The mistake people make with Brooks is picking the wrong saddle for their riding position. My two upright bikes have B17s, my two drop-bar bikes have Swallow - I've found Swallow to be the most invisible saddle I've ever ridden, including SA. <https://imgur.com/4oc6umK.jpg> I've never used anything but Obenaufs, and I use it sparingly - like once/year to prep saddles for summer sweat. I've been through all of them, and came back to Brooks. https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/65-years-old.129681/page-2#post-875927 For anybody who can't live with Brooks, I'll put in a vote here for Fabric Scoop Radius. My daughter has tried B17 Imperial S, Specialized (on recommendation), Rivet (on trial rental) and adores this saddle. <https://imgur.com/hLFxqwE.jpg> <https://imgur.com/XZgIzLu.jpg> and don't think it relates to tough - she's a nationally ranked wrestler On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 4:13:22 PM UTC-5, Fullylugged wrote: > > You can re-leather a saddle for less than new cost, and they now sell a > longer bolt so you can get more life from it. The mistakes I see leading > to short lifespan involve over application of "saddle sauce" ( I use > Obenauf's from RBW) and over tensioning of the bolt. I'm 10 years on the > oldest one I own, and about 3 years on the newest. One has slightly bent > rails. I loaned it to a buddy to try (he bought his own) and he is 200+ > lbs. It hasn't gotten worse since then. -- 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.
