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https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/
-- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 8:00:19 AM UTC-6, AMuzi wrote:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Never road a Brooks and hate the look but are they really better? Deacon Mark |
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On 1/4/21 2:33 PM, Mark Cleary wrote:
On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 8:00:19 AM UTC-6, AMuzi wrote: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Never road a Brooks and hate the look but are they really better? Deacon Mark It's a contact point. If a 5 dollar saddle in comfortable, be happy, if a 300 dollar saddle is comfy, break out the credit card. I use B17s on all my bikes (wait! One is a Colt) and I, ermmm, you guessed it, quite like them. You can stick your San Marco Rolls where the sun doesn't shine. |
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On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 7:09:43 AM UTC-8, Tosspot wrote:
On 1/4/21 2:33 PM, Mark Cleary wrote: On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 8:00:19 AM UTC-6, AMuzi wrote: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Never road a Brooks and hate the look but are they really better? Deacon Mark It's a contact point. If a 5 dollar saddle in comfortable, be happy, if a 300 dollar saddle is comfy, break out the credit card. I use B17s on all my bikes (wait! One is a Colt) and I, ermmm, you guessed it, quite like them. You can stick your San Marco Rolls where the sun doesn't shine. Of course you have to value a 3 lb saddle. |
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On 1/4/2021 9:33 AM, Mark Cleary wrote:
On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 8:00:19 AM UTC-6, AMuzi wrote: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Never road a Brooks and hate the look but are they really better? The question is, better for whom? We're all different down there. Brooks saddles never worked for me, except on my about-town three speed. I've tried three different models on my "good" bikes and ultimately moved to other choices. But we host (at least, in non-COVID times) touring cyclists passing through. A large percentage of those visitors use Brooks saddles. For many people, there's nothing more comfortable. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 1/4/2021 8:33 AM, Mark Cleary wrote:
On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 8:00:19 AM UTC-6, AMuzi wrote: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ Never road a Brooks and hate the look but are they really better? Deacon Mark There's no absolute answer to that. 'Better' for whom? I rode Idéale leather for many years, great for me but I could never find a Brooks to fit. That said, it's a quality line of products with many loyal adherents. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 1/4/2021 6:00 AM, AMuzi wrote:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ There have been a lot of consequences from Brexit, whether intended, unintended, or simply not understood. The voters of the U.K. were not voting based on what was best for themselves economically. They didn't want immigrants from Eastern European EU countries to continue coming in. Of course that will have negative effects on industries that depended on those workers, just as we've seen the negative effects in the U.S. in certain industries (dairies, meat processing, fruit and vegetable harvesting). Brexit has also made UK exports less expensive as the pound's value has plunged, and it's made visiting the UK less expensive. |
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On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 2:00:19 PM UTC, AMuzi wrote:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 .. I bought a Brooks B.73 on a sale at SJS for fifty quid just to see what it was like. I was tired of hearing Brooks this and Brooks that and nary an independent, rational view. I don't mind spending fifty quid, or a hundred or two or three, to satisfy my curiosity. But once I'd fitted the B.73, and ridden it far enough t form an opinion, well, hey, all I can says is that if you want my Brooks B.73 leather saddle, you will have to prise it from my cold dead buttocks. Andre Jute I have bets out on how ;many of the RBT scum, even with forewarning, will be unable to resist the temptation of smarts remarks. |
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On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 10:13:56 AM UTC-8, Andre Jute wrote:
On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 2:00:19 PM UTC, AMuzi wrote: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 . I bought a Brooks B.73 on a sale at SJS for fifty quid just to see what it was like. I was tired of hearing Brooks this and Brooks that and nary an independent, rational view. I don't mind spending fifty quid, or a hundred or two or three, to satisfy my curiosity. But once I'd fitted the B.73, and ridden it far enough t form an opinion, well, hey, all I can says is that if you want my Brooks B.73 leather saddle, you will have to prise it from my cold dead buttocks. Andre Jute I have bets out on how ;many of the RBT scum, even with forewarning, will be unable to resist the temptation of smarts remarks. I have a carbon saddle with very light padding and carbon rails. It weighs 120 grans, I have ridden this on metric centuries several times and without getting sores. Even though I've lost most of my concern for weight, the weight of a Brooks is more than I'm willing to give up. |
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On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 9:23:41 AM UTC-8, sms wrote:
On 1/4/2021 6:00 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlton...de-in-england/ There have been a lot of consequences from Brexit, whether intended, unintended, or simply not understood. The voters of the U.K. were not voting based on what was best for themselves economically. They didn't want immigrants from Eastern European EU countries to continue coming in. Of course that will have negative effects on industries that depended on those workers, just as we've seen the negative effects in the U.S. in certain industries (dairies, meat processing, fruit and vegetable harvesting). Brexit has also made UK exports less expensive as the pound's value has plunged, and it's made visiting the UK less expensive. The charts don't indicate that the Pound has plunged against the USD or the Euro. Am I missing something? I'm not sure what effect if any Brexit will have on the price of Brooks saddles in the US. I haven't checked the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to see if we're punishing the UK for anything or attempting to protect the vast US leather saddle manufacturing industry. I also need to review the administration's recently negotiated, bigly America is Great and England Lost the War of Independence International Leather Bicycle Saddle Compact and Trade Understanding. I hear we beat the UK like a dog. Brooks saddles may be practically free now. -- Jay Beattie. |
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