The honey B17 Special on my 2009 Sam now has 2.5 years on it (and maybe 4000 miles?), and seems ready for a bit of tightening, as the sag is getting quite noticeable. I remember thinking it took a while to break in, at least 500-1000 miles (I am around 170 lbs). I have a new brown B17 Titanium on my 2011 rSogn, and it seems to be more comfortable right out of the box, though it hasn't broken in (changed shape) noticeably yet, after perhaps 400 miles. The plain black B17 on my tandem, which has been there since 2008 and a few thousand miles still doesn't really seem broken in, but is reasonably comfortable.
Has someone come up with a standard for when to tighten Brooks, as overtightening seems to be the surest way to kill one? It would be easy to measure the sag relative to a straight line (string) from nose to tail, so it would be nice to have a ball park figure, i.e. if more than 2 cm of sag, tighten until reduced to 1cm. Cheers, Gernot On Mar 26, 3:57 am, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just completed a 200k on a Specialized Avatar. 6'6", 230. Supreme comfort. > I'm pretty sore but not where I sit. > Plus I drove home with the bike on the roof rack, in a pretty good rain. No > worries about it getting ruined. > Just sayin' > > On Sunday, March 25, 2012, davidfrench <nydavidfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd have loved to bring my opinion and say how bad my brooks felt under > > my butt for miles and miles but some bastard saved me from the pain of this > useless hype and stole it downtown SF while i was at the movie theater for > Tintin with the kid...> I wish long long miles of butt pain to the one who " > inheritated" it... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group.> To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/417q7FgMtwcJ.> To post to > this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.> For more options, visit this > group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
