Glad you sorted the issue. Weird that my name does not show. At any rate, It's David Person.
On Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 1:34:16 PM UTC-7 Jim S. wrote: > Thank you all for your helpful responses. Cyclist1959 (I'm sorry, I'm not > seeing your given name or I would address you as such), your description is > exactly the problem. I fiddled around with it - tried loosening the bolt, > vice grips - yowza - it's stuck. I looked in vain for a YouTube video. I > think I will send it in and make a warranty claim. It looks like you should > register your Brooks Saddle when you buy one. I never have. Maybe I will > from now on. > > Also, thank you for not correcting my (is it grammar or spelling?) when I > wrote, "Is their a fix?" > > On Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 10:07:17 AM UTC-5 Paul Clifton wrote: > >> That's exactly what happened to mine and it was a beast to get the plate >> back where it needed to be. It didn't help that my tension bolt is seized. >> >> I don't remember exactly what I did, but I think I ended up bending the >> plate out, so I could get it up on the lip and then squeezing it back >> together. Mostly used channel locks because that's what I had around, but >> man, it was brutal. >> >> I can dig up my photos if needed, but yeah, my bet is that the metal >> plate needs to get back up on the lip. >> >> Paul in AR >> >> On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 6:49:50 PM UTC-5 cycli...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> It's not real clear in my picture, but the metal part that is wrapped >>> around the front of the rail is notched on the sides and sits on a metal >>> plate riveted to the nose of the saddle. I'm wondering if the left side >>> notch (as view from riding position) has slipped off of the plate, allowing >>> the nose to rotate. >>> >>> On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 4:44:22 PM UTC-7 David Person wrote: >>> >>>> It looks to me like the nose has rotated on the tension bolt. Is this >>>> a result of tightening the tension bolt? The back of the saddle looks >>>> normal. Should look something like this. >>>> >>>> [image: IMG_2802.jpg] >>>> >>>> On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 4:17:44 PM UTC-7 Jim S. wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, I was wondering if any of you have ever had your Brooks saddle >>>>> look like this: >>>>> >>>>> twisted? I don't know what to call it, but it's not symmetrical. Is >>>>> their a fix? >>>>> >>>>> As always, thanks for your expertise. >>>>> >>>>> [image: saddle photo.jpg] >>>>> >>>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bd102994-bbb3-45b6-a090-d832b99b35d4n%40googlegroups.com.
