Hey Mark, By the looks of the pictures you've shared I'd say it looks defective to my eye. I have the same saddle and have been riding it since 2013 and the leather at the nose has slipped to one side. I don't notice it or feel any adverse effect but it definitely looks funny. I'd go back to the retail outlet that sold it to you and get it warrantied. It shouldn't do that.
Cheers, ~Hugh On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7:48:25 AM UTC-8, Mark Reimer wrote: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qg2Chg83Sas/VuBFwwsSGsI/AAAAAAAAPxk/YX6A5wXPcTY/s1600/File_002%2B%25282%2529.jpeg> > I've been riding a Brooks B17 Special since I got my Atlantis, which was > about 1.5 years ago. I applied proofide when I bought it. Over time I've > developed this weird 'snake bite' pattern right above the metal nose piece. > I just emailed Brooks and they indicated it was 'in desperate and immediate > need of tensioning', which I find odd. The saddle still has the shape it > had when new. It's not sagging or a hammock like some very old and worn > saddles. I was under the impression tensioning these saddles unnecessarily > could lead to premature failure. 1.5 years seems pretty early. Anyone else > have this problem? I'm going to follow their advice, but thought it was > weird. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
