Most of the 4-5 Brooks saddle's I've bought new in the past five years have had some sort of anomaly or inconsistency in manufacture (some of which like you mentioned), but none bad enough to warrant returning it. The biggest issue I have with them is the poor leather quality-- thinner than on vintage Brooks. They've held up so far, but based on the rate of wear, I wouldn't say these are going to last nearly as long as some of the vintage ones I've found. The used ones that I've found that date back to the 1970s and 80s seem to have thicker leather and give me the impression they'll last decades more...
Anton On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:59:37 PM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote: > > Seems like most of the time I have ordered saddles, I get saddles shipped > to me that have inconsistencies - Rivets out of alignment, one spring a > little taller than the other with spring loops spread wider than the other, > top rails off center relative to bottom rails, nose leather crooked, nose > has a curve to it, adjustment bolt crooked. > > I kept one with a slightly crooked nose so as to not put out the vender > with a return, and it has been comfortable. > > Are these things normal because they are hand made saddles, or are they > defects? > > I use very reputable dealers. I know I can return a saddle for exchange, > but I feel like I'd have to exchange a few to finally get one sent to me > that has everything in alignment. > Am I crazy, or do you all have the same probs with Brooks these days? > -- 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/d/optout.
