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03-29-21, 02:23 PM
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03-29-21, 02:23 PM
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I now have 3 Brooks and like them all, including a C15. My all time fave is the B17 Narrow, but the new B17 Imperial shows promise, after a single, short ride. I take that back. I also have a Team Pro, which I decidedly don't like. That one needs to find a new home. And my latest bike purchase came with a Cinelli Unicinator. That took some getting used to, but it's rideable. Then there's the Selle Anatomica, which is like sitting in a hammock. I bet you would like that one, if you could keep it properly tightened. And the last leather saddle on the list is a Fujita Belt. That one would be best just tossed.
Other leather saddles I've used:
Ideale 80 - came on my SLT. It now lives on my Motobecane and is comfortable enough to ride for 2-3 hours in civilian clothes. Very very creaky though!
Velo Orange Model 6 - Brooks Swift copy, never got used to it
Velo Orange Model 3 - B17 copy, quite comfy but also very heavy and plays a heavy hand aesthetically
Selle Anatomica X - an exercise in extreme optimism. I put it on before a 200k. It stopped working for me at around 100k I believe
. Also very distinctive aesthetically, and not to my liking at all
03-29-21, 02:24 PM
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Yes, this. H and L screws. Also, a cable tensioning screw that you adjust with a 2mm hex. And, a support screw that you turn till it makes contact with the support pad behind the fd and on the seat tube to keep the it from twisting when you shift. Again 2mm hex.
03-29-21, 02:30 PM
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03-29-21, 03:29 PM
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03-29-21, 03:30 PM
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I'm really mad I didn't go ride today. As I was walking the dogs this afternoon I realized how nice it was out- then a couple blew by me on their MTBs heading for the nearby trails, I could have done a few loops on the Revolt with some road mixed in and got a decent hour long ride in.
Oh well, tomorrow won't be as windy, so there's that
Oh well, tomorrow won't be as windy, so there's that
03-29-21, 03:35 PM
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I'm really mad I didn't go ride today. As I was walking the dogs this afternoon I realized how nice it was out- then a couple blew by me on their MTBs heading for the nearby trails, I could have done a few loops on the Revolt with some road mixed in and got a decent hour long ride in.
Oh well, tomorrow won't be as windy, so there's that
Oh well, tomorrow won't be as windy, so there's that
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Do you ever wonder when we write on forums like this how much our posts might look like last year's?
03-29-21, 04:15 PM
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Bought a foam roller today. My offspring thought it was for her, and immediately ran away with it.
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03-29-21, 04:26 PM
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I wanted to get the girl out to the playground today, and was debating walk/balance bike to the nearby playground vs bike/Burley trailer to a more distant playground. We walked/balance biked to the nearby and I was glad for it - way, way windy today. Going in to the wind with the Burley parachute would have been too much for my recovering legs.
it isn’t?
03-29-21, 04:28 PM
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I wanted to get the girl out to the playground today, and was debating walk/balance bike to the nearby playground vs bike/Burley trailer to a more distant playground. We walked/balance biked to the nearby and I was glad for it - way, way windy today. Going in to the wind with the Burley parachute would have been too much for my recovering legs.
Actually feel really bad for him based on some things I’ve heard from his yard
03-29-21, 04:34 PM
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03-29-21, 05:35 PM
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03-29-21, 06:03 PM
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03-29-21, 06:16 PM
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03-29-21, 06:16 PM
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This is written on the climb behind my house. I didn't write it.
03-29-21, 06:17 PM
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03-29-21, 06:22 PM
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03-29-21, 06:23 PM
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I got off my good intentions and fixed the lift rod in the bathroom sink and the cabinet door whose upper hinge exploded. Now I think I deserve a nap.
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03-29-21, 06:33 PM
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Since it was windy and warm, we did the take-out tacos at the airport viewing area. Just stupid windy and pretty much perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction, so it made for some unusual take-off and landing patterns. At one point, a plane a took off in to the wind and curled around to the heading for wherever it was going, while another plane was maneuvering with the wind, too. For a while, the two planes took up an uncomfortably small arc in the sky. I get the whole "big sky" thing and forced perspective, but man did it look scary from our angle.
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03-29-21, 06:42 PM
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Since it was windy and warm, we did the take-out tacos at the airport viewing area. Just stupid windy and pretty much perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction, so it made for some unusual take-off and landing patterns. At one point, a plane a took off in to the wind and curled around to the heading for wherever it was going, while another plane was maneuvering with the wind, too. For a while, the two planes took up an uncomfortably small arc in the sky. I get the whole "big sky" thing and forced perspective, but man did it look scary from our angle.
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If you’re into that sort of airport thing, you should check out the videos of planes landing at Birmingham (BHX). I don’t ever want to fly there.
03-29-21, 06:47 PM
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