Originally Posted by
macteacher
Well... I just purchased my FIRST BROOKS SADDLE TODAY, and SO FAR...I LOVE IT. I haven't coated it yet or protected it...I just rode it.. I had a 10 minute ride to the subway and I extended that to about 30 minutes as I was enjoying the ride so much. My only complaint, is that i'm sliding forward quit a bit...but I just kept adjusting my position.
Thanks for all the advice!!!
** Edit ** Forgot to mention, it's a B-17
Tilt the nose up a bit. The slipperiness will disappear after awhile.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.