Help! How do I save my pants?
03-27-15, 04:15 PM
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Why is the saddle always the first thing to be blamed? The wear could be from scratching yourself down there too much.
03-29-15, 01:58 PM
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incazzare.
Anyway: It does look like Brooks prices have gone up since I checked last. They now seem to start at around $115, but you can still get a B-17 or a Team Pro classic on sale for around $90 if you are patient.
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03-29-15, 03:27 PM
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When I was in high school and college I wore blue jeans while riding my bike.
The bike had a nice leather saddle. My town was less than 3 miles across and my highest mileage day was 10 miles.
I wore holes into several pair of jeans where they contacted the saddle (and tore up several pair of shoes on the rattraps/toe clips).
I haven't ridden in blue jeans since I got out of college. My blue jeans last several years now.
I rotate through about 4 pair of bike shorts. They generally last a few years or about 1500 miles before abrasion on the saddle edge puts holes in them. I have also patched a few to get a longer lifespan.
The bike had a nice leather saddle. My town was less than 3 miles across and my highest mileage day was 10 miles.
I wore holes into several pair of jeans where they contacted the saddle (and tore up several pair of shoes on the rattraps/toe clips).
I haven't ridden in blue jeans since I got out of college. My blue jeans last several years now.
I rotate through about 4 pair of bike shorts. They generally last a few years or about 1500 miles before abrasion on the saddle edge puts holes in them. I have also patched a few to get a longer lifespan.
03-29-15, 09:10 PM
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With all due respect, you would have to pay me a very, very large sum to convince me to buy anything made from the skin of a sentient being.
03-30-15, 09:29 AM
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BROOKS ENGLAND LTD. | TOURING+&+TREKKING | CAMBIUM+C17+LTD+EDITION
03-30-15, 11:00 AM
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incazzare.
That's fair enough--why didn't you just say so in the first place?
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03-30-15, 11:27 AM
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You do know there is a vegan brooks, right?
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Sure...but I'm veganish and a weight weenie!
03-30-15, 11:52 AM
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incazzare.
If people are not interested in leather saddles for moral reasons, that's perfectly valid as far as I am concerned. Even though it's not my personal morality, I do understand and am sensitive to those concerns.
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03-30-15, 12:24 PM
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I'm reading this excellent thread in the comfort of my blue chinos. My Selle Anatomica saddle made from dead animal skin treats my ass/pants very well indeed.
