That's a no-no on this saddle. It was one of the pre-aged saddles, and Brooks says no proofide on this model.
The saddle felt beautiful under me for years, and suddenly it doesn't. I'll keep playing with angles, but I think time in the saddle might be the only remedy at this point. On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 5:17:49 PM UTC-7, Lungimsam wrote: > > I suggest you proofhide it. Leave it on overnight, polish it off with a > towel in the morning. > > I had a sprung Brooks flyer saddle that was great outta the box. Started > hurting my left sit bone after 500 miles or so. > I proofhided it, especially focussing on the side that hurt. Stopped > hurting me after that. > Still confy today. > > It did get wonky again later (~200miles) and my privates started to feel > the pressure. I tightened it one full turn (1/2 turn at a time over a > couple days, I think) and liberally over proofhided each time. Back to > being fine again. > > An RBW employee said that Brooks saddles are wonky and get wonkier later. > > Sometimes juat giving them time helps work out the kinks. I think its > because the leather must always be changing though 99% of the time Ive > found them to he fantastic saddles! > > I hope this helps and you get comfy again. I know how frustrating It can > be trying to eliminate pain problems on a bike. > > -- 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.
