Road Cycling - wow...new brooks professional

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kerny
07-31-04, 12:22 PM
never used brooks professional at local lbs...$49.95....tell me i'm gonna love it.

uciflylow
07-31-04, 08:35 PM
never used brooks professional at local lbs...$49.95....tell me i'm gonna love it.

Let's see, I put 80 miles on mine Monday, 20 Tuesday, 20 Thursday, 18 Friday and 42 today. If you don't like it, send it my and I'll send you a check for 50 bux and the shipping cost! :D

This was the best money I have spent on my bike so far. ;)
supreemo1
08-01-04, 12:43 AM
so can i have it? :p

kerny
08-01-04, 08:27 AM
took the new brooks for a 25 mile spin...hard as a rock with a little discomfort....but low and behold NO GENITAL NUMBNESS!!!!!!!.....yay...took awhile to get used to the slippery surface and the tendacy to slide towards the nose....think i will tilt the nose up a little.....looks like a keeper...a proud brooks owner.




kern
roadfix
08-01-04, 10:04 AM
I've got a million and a half miles on mine...
steveknight
08-01-04, 11:29 AM
I have one that I could sell. it's great in my sitbones but kills my crotch. same with most seats.
I would sell it for 50.00 and shipping. it is in great shape but for some scratches on one corner where I fell over.
Shadco
08-01-04, 02:59 PM
You can have mine before I throw it in the trash. Free. Honest just like anything else in the trash. Its a B17 and I hate it. I dont know how you guys can ride on that thing, OK, Im not big built and only weigh 137# or so. Sure the sit bone area is great, but its waaay too wide for me, as my legs come to the bottom of the strokes the outer back sides of the saddle are rubbing into the inside of my cheeks. Tried every adjustment and no different. Maybe a rider needs a cow size a$$ to fit right on that thing? Besides.... it looks like a very strange choice on a race bike, its like whats up with that? I'm stickin with the little San Marco Aspide, to me thats comfort.

I don't think I would call a B17 a "Racing Saddle" there are four models that are smaller and more compact than the B17, The Pro, Team Pro, Swift, and Swallow, I wouldn't consider my 170lbs on a 5'10 frame a lardo and the Swift works great for me.

At 137 you probably best suited with an Italian model.
Flaneur
08-01-04, 03:54 PM
The B17N is narrower, as the suffix suggests.......

Pro and Swift are narrower.......

The best saddle is the one you feel most comfy on for longest- function is paramount, aesthetics are for those who can ride anything without pain.
BigBrooklynLou
08-02-04, 08:07 AM
Kerny,
Let me know what the name / phone of the bike store was ...
kerny
08-02-04, 09:06 AM
Kerny,
Let me know what the name / phone of the bike store was ...
Lou....it was purchased at "the knickerbiker" in great falls,MT 406-454-2912....he pulled it out of the back so I'm not sure if he has more.....my next question is should I butcher it.....
Shadco
08-02-04, 10:30 AM
Lou....it was purchased at "the knickerbiker" in great falls,MT 406-454-2912....he pulled it out of the back so I'm not sure if he has more.....my next question is should I butcher it.....

You might want to trim it a little.

Here's what the Swift looks like mounted.

http://www.pbase.com/image/31990639.jpg