At 10:10 PM 12/8/06 +0000, joebz@optonline.net wrote:
>Lopsidedness is very common in Brooks saddles. I would guess at least one
out of ten. The butt leather can usually be seen to be thicker on one side
than the other although some times it just seems to be stretchier (probably
less dense). In use the thinner or stretchier side sags more.
Could it be that today's more efficient manufacturing methods get the maximum number of saddles out of each hide, thus ending up with these inconsistencies? Also, no human body is perfectly symetrical, so the lopsidedness can come from the rider.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada