Originally Posted by moses
I recently bought a Brooks competion saddle on Ebay the nose has been sawed off flat.The saddle is 25 plus years old. My question is back in the day why was this done. By the way it does look awesome on my black Bianchi premio
In recent years I bought a new Brooks Competition on eBay. It came with the nose chopped off. I wonder if they came that way from the factory. My guess is that it gives just a bit more clearance when you rise out of the saddle.