Wise words. http://sheldonbrown.com/saddles.html
I put about 20k miles on my Brooks B-17, which was rock hard when I bought it, but always comfortable until it had sagged so much that I found during my recent French jaunt that my ischial tuberosities were on the metal frame rather than cossetted by Brooks's unicorn leather. I have just replaced it with a Gilles Berthoud Aspin, which again is hard as rock, but supremely comfortable and even, dare I say, better than the Brooks. B > On 17 Sep 2014, at 19:08, "Chris Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Seems like a pretty good deal to me Darren. Recently serviced and you > know the seller. Are you sure you'll need a new saddle? Don't be put > off if it looks rather skinny and hard - perversely, that's not a bad > thing in a saddle. Have a look at what the late, great Sheldon Brown > had to say about that. > > Chris > >> On 17 September 2014 18:21, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Only asking this here because I know that there are some serious >> bicylists present. I hope you can lower your esoterics enough to >> provide a reasonable opinion on this question: >> >> I'm interested in getting into cycling around town (we've got a great, >> long, paved trail) for exercise/fitness. I sit at a desk and push a >> mouse around all day and I need something for activity. My son-in-law >> has a late 80s (I think) vintage 15 speed Schwinn Mirada that he will >> sell me for the price he (just) spent to have it serviced at a local >> bike shop ($100). From what I can tell, this was a step or two above >> the lowest Schwinn models, and was made before they started selling >> them at Walmart. >> >> I would probably want a new saddle for it, and it has knobby tires. I >> wish he would have put slicks on it. From what I have seen in Googling >> this, people ask $140-150 for these so I'm not getting the greatest >> deal in the world, but I don't think I'm really overpaying either. I'm >> not sure, but I doubt that I have better options for the price range. >> >> I don't plan on racing this thing, so I don't need the lightest frame >> in the world. Heck, I really need how to learn those 15 gears just to >> climb hills. I'm a bike newbie really. However, it looks like this >> thing has a really durable frame (saw one that the owner said had >> taken him thousands of miles: 4th photo on this page - >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=174667 ). I like that >> it has center pull brakes and has just come out of the shop. It has 2 >> separate lever shifters for each set of gears. >> >> So, basically, I guess I'm asking if this is a dumb way to spend $100 >> on a bike or not. What say you? >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
