SurferRosa

​​​​​​My reply started with "hopefully not the same sorta stuff." And I would hope that Brooks leather isn't nearly as thick as their microfiber. This Is my hope for all humanity.

I'm reminded of the one time I did buy leather tape for the bike that got me back into road cycling over a dozen years ago. This is before I had ever overhauled a bike. I found a one-man "expert" shop that was going to fully overhaul my french bike, rebuild the wheels, and make some upgrades. He was being incredibly slow, so I decided to stop by his shop one day. Surprisingly to me, he was actually working on my bike, taping the bars with the leather that I bought. But I couldn't believe, in plain sight, he was working with a bit of grease on his hands. Unlike with Fizik, it's really hard to remove a stain on leather like that. It got worse, but I'll spare you. Not only did I learn my lesson about leather, I learned that I absolutely needed to do every single bit of the work myself.