The one and only Brooks Pro I've ever owned (from a '74 or '75 Motobecane) became lopsided and I rode it that way for years. I never could tell it was lopsided when riding - maybe I was the lopsided one.
Drew Ellison Everett, WA USA
On Dec 8, 2006, at 3:34 PM, John Betmanis wrote:
> 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