However, Brooks has recently changed the formula themselves. What was a thick red wax is now a creamy white paste. Even smells different. What's up with that?
Should I be hording Ye Olde Brooks Proofhide with the intention of cornering the ebay market 15 years from now? What if it's a carcinogen, hence the change?
Dear me.What will I put on my vintage saddles now.
Warren Young Wolfville Nova Scotia
Mark Stonich wrote:
> At 3/7/2007 07:22 AM -0500, Ken Freeman wrote:
>> If the sagging of an expensive and critical component, a favorite
>> saddle, is
>> a risk, why would you take it if you don't have to? In other words, why
>> would you use anything other than what Brooks recommended as a
>> dressing on a
>> Brooks saddle? That means use Proofide, not neatsfoot, Snoseal, Snow
>> Proof,
>> motor oil, Wesson oil, or anything else.
>>
>> If the saddle as new does not have adequate comfort, you really
>> shouldn't
>> ride it for "ever" to force it to break in. If the shape or
>> dimensions are
>> wrong for you, break=in won't change that, and softening is just
>> likely to
>> move the pressure points to places you don't want tthem, like the
>> perineum
>> rather than the ischial tuberosities.
>
> Well put. Brooks has had 151 years to get this sorted out.
>
>
> Mark Stonich;
> Minneapolis Minnesota
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