Touring - Brooks? Comfortable???

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Al Downie
07-29-08, 04:54 AM
I saw this today in my work's bike shed - it's in daily use! I'm pretty sure it's not a male rider...

http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/~ad327/pictures/brooks.jpg

(Sorry for the poor quality mobile-phone-photo)

quester
07-29-08, 06:09 AM
I saw this today in my work's bike shed - it's in daily use! I'm pretty sure it's not a male rider...

Dude, it raises questions either way....
tpelle
07-29-08, 06:54 AM
No that is what we mean when we say "broken in"..........or maybe just "broken". Sit Bones of Steel!

positron
07-30-08, 08:30 AM
That particular model (sprung b67 if I am not mistaken) comes shaped like that from the start... A commuter at my place of work has one as well, and i picked one up in an Amsterdam flea market years ago.

The angle makes me cringe, but I suppose the swept-back bars allow the masochist to lean back and maintain virulence!
Rogerinchrist
07-30-08, 06:43 PM
I've got a new one, it's a Champion Flyer (it might be a 67 too). Less than 500 miles & it's comfy.

~Roger
dcullen
07-30-08, 07:44 PM
Wow, thats some nose up attitude. And a B17 five bikes up too.
Metricoclock
07-31-08, 01:58 AM
that saddle looks to be pretty original for that bike, and welll honestly shot.