[CR] Brooks and Fashion

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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:13:39 -0600
Thread-Topic: Brooks and Fashion
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From: "John Hurley" <JHurley@jdabrams.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Brooks and Fashion


Jim Merz wrote:

"I rode a Brooks leather saddle on the trip from Portland to Panama. It worked, but I never wanted to use a leather saddle again. So I think of them as a fashion item in any case."

I know that nothing in this world is more subject to personal preference than bicycle saddles, but am curious how it happened that the Brooks saddle worked, but was shunned forever after. What makes it a fashion item in your view? What sort of saddle works best for you?

John Hurley
Shivering cold in
Austin, Texas, USA