If you lace up the skirts of an aging Brooks sadde to get a few more
years out of it, is it still a Brooks?

Sure it is.  Woodworkers know that every tool can be (or even must be)
tuned to work optimally for its user.

Bill

On Jan 23, 6:51 am, Larry Powers <[email protected]> wrote:
> I randonneur on a Rambouillet with a large Berthoud handlebar bag.  Most of 
> the time there are no issues with this but when I am tired and climbing steep 
> hills I can notice the affect of the bag.  For this reason and because I 
> would also be able to run bigger tires with fenders, I have toyed with 
> getting a new fork for the bike.  If I did would this still be a Riv 
> Rambouillet?  Riv/Grant intentionally build high trail bikes so modifying one 
> of their bikes to a low trail bike goes against their philosophy and In my 
> mind creates a bike that is no longer a Rivendell.
>
> This is merely a philisophical question I am pondering while at work.  Many 
> people love to tinker and there is nothing wrong with that.  When my 
> beautiful orange Rambouillet finally needs a paint job I may decide to modify 
> it by changing the fork and adding canti studs but when I do I am not sure 
> that I can say it is a Rivendell.Larry Powers
>
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> double back flip" - John Hiatt
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