agree on the less is better - if you soften up the leather too much, it's going to stretch all over, and those cracks are going to widen. I vote for Obenaufs here.
On Sunday, January 5, 2014 10:41:46 AM UTC-6, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: > > It's hard to know for sure, but is it possible that your saddle gets very > dry, very quickly after riding? After use, I mean. If the bike lives in a > temperature controlled environ when it's not riding, a quick humidity swing > might be causing that surface cracking. Or if it lives in a garage where > the temp gets pretty hot. Surface cracking means it's drying out. > > I'm not sure I'd use more Obenauf's or ProofRide on it. Less is more with > that. > > One of the things I've been using is Nikwax Aqueous Wax. It doesn't seem > to soften the leather, but gives a barrier between the saddle and my > sweat-producing bits. I figure that two of my saddles definitely see > longer sit-times, so they are getting salt-cured for a few hours. > > Part of the answer means tuning it to the effects your specifics have on > gear. I know a great mechanic who has "acid hand" and if he handles tools > without wiping them down, rust appears in short order. He wears gloves and > wipes down his tools religiously, which solves the problem for him. I > don't worry too much about the Brookses on my in-town/errand bikes (one of > them, the B-15 on the Zeus, is thicker than your hand and will outlive us > all...) because I'm not really "on" them for extended periods. But the > ones on my Hilsen and QB, which see the long, seated rides I'm pretty > careful about waxing frequency and drying cycles. > > Hope that helps, > > - Jim > > cyclofiend.com > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
