Kinda makes you want a Brooks saddle
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If you haven’t seen it already, here’s the venerable Brooks’ Company ad for the B-18 women’s saddle (that I covet): http://www.brooksengland.com/press/2006_01/new_products/MadeInDowningStreet.pdf
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it’s too bad she looks like this from the front:
Except that it is still big, heavy, susceptible to water damage, and harsh on your sitbones on 100km mountain rides. (Did I mention that I’m not allowed to ride it in the rain or on wet muddy trails or for river crossings; and it weighs as much as an extra bottle of water?)
It does however come in british racing green!
Oh, dear, I do believe your comments have raised the ire of our beloved J. Johnson.
this all from a guy who rides the heaviest rear hub ever, and consequently the heaviest ti bike ever. also from a guy who rides with filthy white saddle covers that look like they were ridden for 3 years by an incontinent person. as to water damage, DWP rides his in portland, as do countless others, with no issues, obviously through constant rain. he cross races on his for fucks sake. and it weighs, depending on the model, only about 1 lb more than a flite.
some weigh under the 1 lb mark. for a saddle that looks great the moment you buy it till the day its finally done…30,000 miles later… i’d say its a pretty smart investment and the basic care required a pretty minor compromise. you need to put oil in your car more often than you have to oil a brooks, and it costs about 25 cents to oil a brooks.
further, i think even most die hard brooks fans keep their brooks on a road or touring or townie bike, not on a mtn bike. myself included.
also: randonneurs spend 27 hours more or less straight on brook saddles, fairly routinely.
i think cory cant jump on the wagon cause he’s ragged on them so long. and he’s pissed cause flites dont come in BR green.
My big problem (besides seeing Starmer’s picture every time I reply to this) is that I need the ti flite in perforated leather BR green.
I am actually totally down with putting a brooks on my townie road bike. the gerber would look rad wih a BRG b-17, I just cant justify the cost these days.
I may live in a inexpensive country, but somehow I am still paying mortgages in the states.
How irresponsible - she’s not wearing a helmet! I suppose I could give her mine, but it might be too big…
Who are the women they are trying to sell this saddle to?
Gay women? This approach make me want to never buy a Brooks, I’ll go with Terry.
you mean terry, the company that puts a butterfly on its men’s saddles? terry the company that makes clown bikes for women?
Meet me at the fountain at Market and Seventh. Be naked and sit on my Terry.