Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Breaking in Brooks.. by sitting on it in chair.

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str8flexed
09-08-07, 06:19 PM
Haha would this work? I'd think it wouldn't work as well, since I'm not moving my legs back and forth continuously, although I would shift my weight around somewhat.

sygyzy
09-08-07, 06:21 PM
You'd need a hard surface chair like wooden stool but the rails would damage the wood.
crushkilldstroy
09-08-07, 06:26 PM
I would think it'd need to even be more elaborate than a wooden stool, because you have to actually straddle the brooks and let the legs droop down.

Just ride your bike.

challoschott
09-08-07, 06:50 PM
I'm guessing you just want to break it in quicker than you could by riding. So, yes you should ride more, or you could attach it to the top of a stool. The kind that look like a drummer's chair/have a single post, hmmm maybe it was a drummer chair. There's a stool like this at my lbs.
Straws
09-08-07, 06:56 PM
Just make one of these. If anything troll CL a 10 dollar frame and take a hacksaw to it if you dont have any other tools.

http://www.instructables.com/id/E4BJ1HYNY0EP2865FC/
DDYTDY
09-08-07, 07:04 PM
How about sit on ur bike practicing ur trackstand while watching reruns of Whats Happening?
mander
09-08-07, 08:06 PM
Just ride. It's much more fun, it is much less ******** and if you set your brooks up right odds are it'll be comfortable from the getgo. The very first thing i did with my pro was take it on a 100 km ride, and i had no problems with it.
mykrrrr
09-08-07, 08:09 PM
Mine is pretty comfy after only like 30 miles or less. It's still hard but seems to be breaking in. I think I need to get a laidback seatpost since I seem to sit on the tail end of the saddle and it's as far back as possible.