Quality control? have you ever bought something made in England, hahaha. The country that brought us the Reliant Robin.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CD0QuAIwBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQQh56geU0X8&ei=wPcQVPivMo_hsAShjICAAQ&usg=AFQjCNFDKZ4iUXHiqs8_8mInHqhgDNZzyg&sig2=UyKkLz9K_H_OyLqlMrlGQA On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Ron Mc <bulldog...@gmail.com> wrote: > have noticed a big difference in Brooks Special with the large rivets vs. > Standard and Imperial. My daughter's Imperial has one side of the leather > thick, one side thin, and the Brooks badge is an inch away from center. > > > On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 4:25:23 PM UTC-5, Anton Tutter wrote: >> >> Correct. I have a Berthoud saddle... way sturdier leather than Brooks. >> It's possible the higher-end Brooks models get the thicker, choice >> leather, but I wouldn't know as all of my newer Brooks are the lower end >> models (B17 regular, B67 sprung, etc). >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:08:21 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: >>> >>> On 09/10/2014 02:05 PM, Anton Tutter wrote: >>> > 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... >>> >>> And it's not like that quality leather isn't out there: Gilles Berthoud >>> seems to have no trouble finding it for his saddles. >>> >>> >>> -- > 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. > -- 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.
