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  1. #1
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    Brooks Fans

    have you seen these oh so pretty saddles?http://design-milk.com/brooks-bike-s...Design+Milk%29

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    Wow, that last one pictured is GORGEOUS
    '08 Felt FW40 w/ Brooks b68's'
    '77 Takara Mixte (errand bike) w/ Brooks b68's'

    Measure your sitbones! Mine: 6 5/8" (168mm)

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    You're supposed to put your stinky parts on those?!!
    Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler

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    Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
    You're supposed to put your stinky parts on those?!!
    Yeah, that's what I was thinking! Way to nice to sit on.

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    Pretty, but I think Brooks saddles are pretty already!
    Each day is a gift, that's why it is called the present.

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    So pretty! How about a black one though?

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    As soon as you proofhide it, the design will drastically change. (the carved part will absorb the proofhide and darken more than the finished part) It would also darken with sweat.

    Tooled leather http://www.wallbike.com/b18.html might be the better way to go if one were planning to actually use the saddle, but her art sure is pretty!
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    Proofhide

    Still breaking in my brooks saddle done about 450 miles to date so only 550 to go or so they say!!!!!!

    I have a brown plain on on my bike and a black one on the tandem.

    Beats gel saddles anytime.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
    Tooled leather http://www.wallbike.com/b18.html might be the better way to go if one were planning to actually use the saddle, but her art sure is pretty!
    Now THIS is pretty - but I have always loved tooled leather. The painted saddles certainly are beautiful though - I can't imagine actually sitting on one though.

    I don't know if I will ever brave a Brooks saddle again, but they certainly are good looking saddles!

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    That's the sort of thing I would put on my mantlepiece, not on a bike

  11. #11
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    ooooooooooo how purty
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