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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Leather Saddle Update
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 10:52:32 -0400
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On 5/18/2025 9:13 AM, pH wrote:
> On 2025-05-17, Wolfgang Strobl <news51@mystrobl.de> wrote:
>> Am Fri, 16 May 2025 19:58:04 -0400 schrieb Frank Krygowski
>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>:
>>
>>> On 5/16/2025 10:35 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>> https://cyclingindustry.news/uk-manufacturer-brooks-to-open-doors-to-
>>>> its-birmingham-opens-doors-to-its-uk-factory
>>>>
>>>> https://www.brooksengland.com/en_uk/open-factory
>>>
>>> I'd certainly attend if I were in the neighborhood, although most Brooks
>>> saddles don't work for me. I've always loved factory tours.
>>>
>>> The only Brooks I like is the B-72 on my about-town 3 speed.
>>
>> The only Brooks that I own is a B66 that I bought in 1993. The longer I
>> used the saddle, the less I liked it, for various reasons. The saddle is
>> not weatherproof, it needs maintenance, has to be retightened, the
>> screws are loosened by the vibrations and you can get caught on the hard
>> edges at the back with a jacket.  So I looked for and found a
>> replacement, an Italian plastic saddle, also lightly sprung,
>> weatherproof and much more comfortable.  I then enjoyed using it it for
>> many years.
>>
>>
> 
> I'm riding my Rivendell sourced B-17.  Love it.

We're all different down there.

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- Frank Krygowski