Philip, Thank you. Actually have dropped between 130--140 pounds from peak (was 370). Pretty sure I purchased the first B-17 while still in the 350 range. Figured it should be able to hold my weight. However, have a touch of doubt to when it was first purchased, so erred on the side of caution with weight.
As silly as it seems, don't believe I've ever bent Brooks rails in the past, although many of my friends who weigh less have. And it is not due to superior bike handling skills. More likely pure, dumb luck. Will join the choir on suggesting adjust a lot first before trying something else. As to seatposts, have only had slippage issues with Nitto posts. Happened with two different posts on two different bikes. But as no one else seems to have this problem, it's probably unique to my riding technique and style. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Philip Williamson < philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm impressed, Eric, that you dropped 80+ pounds (dang), and I appreciate > your using "at present" instead of "presently." I work with a very kind > English major who misuses "presently" every time he can. > > I'm at 241, and I was 250 for the last couple years. No issues at all with > my 9 year old Brooks B17 saddle rails. I think leaning forward will put > less stress on the rails, compared to sitting dead upright on the saddle, > because your body will act as another spring. Pedaling harder will > similarly unweight the seat, so if your Rivendell works like mine, you'll > be fine. My wife did break her B72 rails (one, then another one). I > replaced them with a donor chassis: > http://www.biketinker.com/2011/projects/brooks-saddle-repaired/ that has > held up for a couple of years. I think it was more the iffy seat post clamp > than any weight issue, but she's not a flyweight either. > > I think a B17 would work fine for a long time, but adjusting your existing > saddle a bit fore and aft and tweaking the tilt a bit could bring > everything together again as well. Basically what everyone else said... > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > > >> -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
