Shortly after I started posting to these groups in the late summer of 2000 I wrote that I wouldn't be satisfied until "everybody" was riding leather, wearing wool and grinding their own lumens.
Now, parking at bike racks, where I'd not before noticed another leather saddle there's generally at least one. I'm starting to see more generator powered lights too. Though wool has never really been out among the cognoscenti it's again starting to fizz on the masses.
I'm not claiming any kind of credit for this nor am I vowing to quit posting. I'm merely commenting that it's hard to keep the perennially good ideas secret through history. -- zk
Shortly after I started posting to these groups in the late summer of 2000 I wrote that I wouldn't be satisfied until "everybody" was riding leather, wearing wool and grinding their own lumens.
Now, parking at bike racks, where I'd not before noticed another leather saddle there's generally at least one. I'm starting to see more generator powered lights too. Though wool has never really been out among the cognoscenti it's again starting to fizz on the masses.
I'm not claiming any kind of credit for this nor am I vowing to quit posting. I'm merely commenting that it's hard to keep the perennially good ideas secret through history.
I prefer a seat pad of industrial hemp. Due to irrational behavior among the Congress Critters, it has to be imported material. 🙁
-- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia "And never forget, life ultimately makes failures of all people." - A. Derleth
Shortly after I started posting to these groups in the late summer of 2000 I wrote that I wouldn't be satisfied until "everybody" was riding leather, wearing wool and grinding their own lumens.
Now, parking at bike racks, where I'd not before noticed another leather saddle there's generally at least one. I'm starting to see more generator powered lights too. Though wool has never really been out among the cognoscenti it's again starting to fizz on the masses.
I'm not claiming any kind of credit for this nor am I vowing to quit posting. I'm merely commenting that it's hard to keep the perennially good ideas secret through history.
I'm seeing more leather saddles and the occasional generator as well.
-- Mike Kruger Gravity -- It's not just a good idea. It's the law.
Shortly after I started posting to these groups in the late summer of 2000 I wrote that I wouldn't be satisfied until "everybody" was riding leather, wearing wool and grinding their own lumens.
I dunno about the leather, I think it's quite silly to ride a leather saddle on a daily rider. Have a look at Dutch bikes, rarely do you see a leather saddle.
WTF do they know, they wear wooden shoes.
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I'm saying this as somebody that's suffered tens of thousands of miles on a leather saddle.
Then you rode the wrong saddle or a poorly fitted/broken-in one.
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:36:24 -0800 (PST), landotter
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Zoot Katz said:
Shortly after I started posting to these groups in the late summer of 2000 I wrote that I wouldn't be satisfied until "everybody" was riding leather, wearing wool and grinding their own lumens.
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I dunno about the leather, I think it's quite silly to ride a leather saddle on a daily rider. Have a look at Dutch bikes, rarely do you see a leather saddle.
WTF do they know, they wear wooden shoes.
It could be worse: they could wear leather shoes, but ride wooden saddles. :-)
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I'm saying this as somebody that's suffered tens of thousands of miles on a leather saddle.
Then you rode the wrong saddle or a poorly fitted/broken-in one.
Bollocks. It's unrealistic to think *everyone* will find a leather saddle to their liking.
Bollocks. It's unrealistic to think *everyone* will find a leather saddle to their liking.
I've been through four-5 different models with various widths and tensions on various city bikes, verging on an obsession. Then I got a city bike with a WTB saddle and stopped wanting to be iconoclastic. The Velos are even better. It's an ass Cadillac for sure. Yeah, your bits will go numb after ten miles, but I don't ride that far in the city. The Planet Bike Men's Classic Comfort saddle for $19 is pretty good for a utility bike as well, it might be a rebranded Velo.
Bollocks. It's unrealistic to think *everyone* will find a leather saddle to their liking.
I've been through four-5 different models with various widths and tensions on various city bikes, verging on an obsession. Then I got a city bike with a WTB saddle and stopped wanting to be iconoclastic.
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Corroborate that. I love my B17s, but the day I plopped my derriere on a WTB Speed V Comp Saddle -- the name is a pretentious; what does 'Speed V Comp' refer to anyway? -- was a real eye opener. Don't have to worry about a black [censored] when riding in the rain too.
