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Do you use a Brooks Saddle
03-15-17, 10:28 PM
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03-20-17, 09:33 AM
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The poll ended up being a classic example of self selection bias.
There is no way in the world that 46% of "serious" (i.e. people who ride regularly and consider themselves as cyclists) use Brooks saddles. A simple look around will tell you that can't be true.
And I'm almost as sure that 46% of regular posters on BF do not use Brooks saddles.
The Brooks haters really let me down.
There is no way in the world that 46% of "serious" (i.e. people who ride regularly and consider themselves as cyclists) use Brooks saddles. A simple look around will tell you that can't be true.
And I'm almost as sure that 46% of regular posters on BF do not use Brooks saddles.
The Brooks haters really let me down.
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03-20-17, 11:39 AM
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Not if you are a Weight-weenie.. they're heavy.. The Titanium frame version is a little less..
My Touring Bike has a team pro, my Road bike does Not.
It Could.. I can replace Saddles as my Mood Suits.
Campagnolo's classic #1045 seat post was developed with the existence of Brooks leather saddles in mind
their #771 saddle wrench has an open end for the saddle tension , on the saddle,
Z bent and a box end for reaching the bolts on top of the seat post..
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My Touring Bike has a team pro, my Road bike does Not.
It Could.. I can replace Saddles as my Mood Suits.
Campagnolo's classic #1045 seat post was developed with the existence of Brooks leather saddles in mind
their #771 saddle wrench has an open end for the saddle tension , on the saddle,
Z bent and a box end for reaching the bolts on top of the seat post..
....
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03-20-17, 11:44 AM
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I had to look these up as I had never seen or heard of them before. The whole retro cycle thing is Not really my cup of tea.. so, I'll pass on these
03-20-17, 12:18 PM
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The poll ended up being a classic example of self selection bias.
There is no way in the world that 46% of "serious" (i.e. people who ride regularly and consider themselves as cyclists) use Brooks saddles. A simple look around will tell you that can't be true.
And I'm almost as sure that 46% of regular posters on BF do not use Brooks saddles.
The Brooks haters really let me down.
There is no way in the world that 46% of "serious" (i.e. people who ride regularly and consider themselves as cyclists) use Brooks saddles. A simple look around will tell you that can't be true.
And I'm almost as sure that 46% of regular posters on BF do not use Brooks saddles.
The Brooks haters really let me down.
03-20-17, 06:40 PM
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03-20-17, 06:54 PM
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03-20-17, 07:18 PM
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The poll ended up being a classic example of self selection bias.
There is no way in the world that 46% of "serious" (i.e. people who ride regularly and consider themselves as cyclists) use Brooks saddles. A simple look around will tell you that can't be true.
And I'm almost as sure that 46% of regular posters on BF do not use Brooks saddles.
The Brooks haters really let me down.
There is no way in the world that 46% of "serious" (i.e. people who ride regularly and consider themselves as cyclists) use Brooks saddles. A simple look around will tell you that can't be true.
And I'm almost as sure that 46% of regular posters on BF do not use Brooks saddles.
The Brooks haters really let me down.
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03-20-17, 07:29 PM
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The poll ended up being a classic example of self selection bias.
There is no way in the world that 46% of "serious" (i.e. people who ride regularly and consider themselves as cyclists) use Brooks saddles. A simple look around will tell you that can't be true.
And I'm almost as sure that 46% of regular posters on BF do not use Brooks saddles.
The Brooks haters really let me down.
There is no way in the world that 46% of "serious" (i.e. people who ride regularly and consider themselves as cyclists) use Brooks saddles. A simple look around will tell you that can't be true.
And I'm almost as sure that 46% of regular posters on BF do not use Brooks saddles.
The Brooks haters really let me down.
All-in-all good stuff here.
03-20-17, 07:55 PM
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been on a brooks ever since i could afford one ... thought they were "cool" ... chuck berry was young then ... but i didn't vote 
03-20-17, 11:08 PM
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But thinks vs the clock are different.
You cannot get as fast (the <30mile fast) riding alone vs a combo of lifting and riding.
No TdF riders are within 20% (I think 50% but I'd have to verify) of the power and speed of rider/lifters.
You cannot get as fast (the <30mile fast) riding alone vs a combo of lifting and riding.
No TdF riders are within 20% (I think 50% but I'd have to verify) of the power and speed of rider/lifters.
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03-21-17, 12:21 AM
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I won't ride a Brooks (or other traditional saddle) until someone comes up with a way to get some give to the ends. I "ride the rivet" a lot. Any saddle that is going to make me pay that much for doing so will not go onto one of my bikes. I rode a quality Japanese Brooks Pro copy for three years on my commuter. When that bike got stolen and I threw together another with a cheap used Selle Italia, my butt's first words were "Thank you!" (Being an actual Brooks Pro would not have changed that reaction at all. Leather stretched over steel is leather stretched over steel. It doesn't matter what pedigree the leather is.)
Oh - I ride the rivet not because my seat isn't far enough forward. I do it so I still have seat narrow enough for my thighs when I push way back riding the tops Bernard Thevaneut (sp) style. (The French racer of the late '70s who was famous for riding the tops on his Peugeot. Won the Tour de France at least once. And no, I do not copy him. We just happen do do the same thing.) I find the far back position on leather seats isn't much better than the rivit; every one I've seen being too wide and again, rock hard.
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Oh - I ride the rivet not because my seat isn't far enough forward. I do it so I still have seat narrow enough for my thighs when I push way back riding the tops Bernard Thevaneut (sp) style. (The French racer of the late '70s who was famous for riding the tops on his Peugeot. Won the Tour de France at least once. And no, I do not copy him. We just happen do do the same thing.) I find the far back position on leather seats isn't much better than the rivit; every one I've seen being too wide and again, rock hard.
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03-21-17, 01:59 AM
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No Brooks but a few bikes with Ideale saddles.
03-21-17, 08:55 AM
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You're not seriously contending that the poll results begin to comport with what's actually observed in the real world?
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03-21-17, 09:03 AM
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But I do see polling often that has selection bias and it seems apparent to me - not the polling group. Too off topic and banned area for the Bike Forum.