I also have a B17 Special on my Sam and I would say no less than 500 miles. Probably have about 2000 on it at present....
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > The honey B17 Special on my 2009 Sam now has 2.5 years on it (and > maybe 4000 miles?), and seems ready for a bit of tightening, as the > sag is getting quite noticeable. I remember thinking it took a while > to break in, at least 500-1000 miles (I am around 170 lbs). I have a > new brown B17 Titanium on my 2011 rSogn, and it seems to be more > comfortable right out of the box, though it hasn't broken in (changed > shape) noticeably yet, after perhaps 400 miles. The plain black B17 on > my tandem, which has been there since 2008 and a few thousand miles > still doesn't really seem broken in, but is reasonably comfortable. > > Has someone come up with a standard for when to tighten Brooks, as > overtightening seems to be the surest way to kill one? It would be > easy to measure the sag relative to a straight line (string) from nose > to tail, so it would be nice to have a ball park figure, i.e. if more > than 2 cm of sag, tighten until reduced to 1cm. > > Cheers, > > Gernot > > > On Mar 26, 3:57 am, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just completed a 200k on a Specialized Avatar. 6'6", 230. Supreme > comfort. > > I'm pretty sore but not where I sit. > > Plus I drove home with the bike on the roof rack, in a pretty good rain. > No > > worries about it getting ruined. > > Just sayin' > > > > On Sunday, March 25, 2012, davidfrench <nydavidfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'd have loved to bring my opinion and say how bad my brooks felt under > > > > my butt for miles and miles but some bastard saved me from the pain of > this > > useless hype and stole it downtown SF while i was at the movie theater > for > > Tintin with the kid...> I wish long long miles of butt pain to the one > who " inheritated" it... > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group.> To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/417q7FgMtwcJ.> To > post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.> For more options, visit > this group at > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
