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Old 03-20-06, 06:35 AM
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Brooks again - Beginners on a long tour

My wife and I are starting a slow (relatively up right posture) five month tour through Holland, France and Germany (that is the plan) next month. Our first. We are rank beginners. Would you (the Brooks experienced) recommend new Brooks saddles for each of us (on a tandem) given that we plan a modest 20 - 30 kms per day for the first five weeks or so.

Are we likely to have such bruised soft tissue during the first 500 kms that we will not even make 20kms/day? And what about the fact that the Brooks do not have the gap up the middle of the saddle?

What Brooks would you recommend for each of us.
Keen but cautious - do not want to put my wife off touring on the first attempt.
Many thanks
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