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  1. #1
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    Brooks B68 and B68S

    Ohhhh, baby!
    http://www.wallbike.com/b68.html

    Anyone want to buy my very painfully uncomfortable Serfas Niva so I can get one of these?
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    I wonder what they're like without the springs?
    Mimi Team TE BIANCHISTA
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    I don't know. I think the most important thing for my sit-bones is the width and the "T" shaped seat-top. With the seat-post on the Kona Commutermobile the noise factor may be important. But I do like the springs, and Phil's bearing grease did take care of the noise once I moved my B67 to the Waterford.

    Since I already have a B67, I think taking a risk on the B68 would be pretty ok. Anybody wanna subsidize my little experiment?

    Ppppplleeeeeeezzzzz, someone buy my Serfas Niva.....
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    ha, you're funny.
    But I wonder... You could be right that we don't need the springs. And the B17 i tried was just too narrow, so who knows, if it had been wide enough it might have worked?

    I wonder if the 6 months are up on the b67 my DH didn't like. I will be needing a new saddle for my MONDONICO.
    Mimi Team TE BIANCHISTA
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    If he can't return his B67, would you consider selling it to me? Then you could buy a B68 on the Mondonico.

    Trek says you need to buy a Selle Italia for the Mondonico (like she has).
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    Ah, Trek,
    I am awfully loyal to Brooks, and I'm not sure the Selle Anatomica.. oh, you said Sella Italia. Uh, NOPE, sorry Trek, not going there. there's NO WAY
    I am going to ride one of THOSE things.

    All I can say is once you ride my Raleigh Cross, you're going to have a new opinion about saddles. The saddle on my Raleigh has a nickname. IT's called the spoiler.. you're never going to feel the same about saddles after you sit on that one.
    Mimi Team TE BIANCHISTA
    for six tanks of gas you could have bought a bike.

 

 

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