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07-24-07, 02:00 PM
Decided to finally buy a Brooks B-17 Standard after reading all the hype for so long. Price Point has them for 58 bucks so it was a nice deal. Received it yesterday, upon first impression it was as hard as a rock. Sounded like knocking on a wooden door, uh oh! Did the whole Proof-hide thing last night & installed it for today's maiden voyage.
Damn, this thing was comfortable right off the bat. Surely this has to get worse after a few miles, it's just too dang hard? Nope, 22 miles later & my bum was as pleased as can be. What I did notice is I need a new seat post with some setback & angle adjustment. I just ordered a Kalloy UNO with 20 mm setback today. I truly can't wait for it to be "broken" in because if that's when it's supposed to be truly comfortable then I'm in for a real treat. Brooks will be going on all my bikes. :D
Damn, this thing was comfortable right off the bat. Surely this has to get worse after a few miles, it's just too dang hard? Nope, 22 miles later & my bum was as pleased as can be. What I did notice is I need a new seat post with some setback & angle adjustment. I just ordered a Kalloy UNO with 20 mm setback today. I truly can't wait for it to be "broken" in because if that's when it's supposed to be truly comfortable then I'm in for a real treat. Brooks will be going on all my bikes. :D