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Re:How the Turner Twins Are Mythbusting Modern Gear by __mharrison__ on Friday March 20, 2026 @09:38AM (#47454339)
Brooks saddle (actually very on topic in this case)
Re:How the Turner Twins Are Mythbusting Modern Gear by alistairSH on Friday March 20, 2026 @10:42AM (#47455288)
Seconded. Old-school leather saddles are pretty good for riding in street clothes. But, they do tend to require a slightly different fit - I never managed to run one with my normal saddle-bar drop - the Brookes really wanted saddle and bar at the same height and the nose of the saddle pointed up a bit. This was good for ~2 hours or so, never tried it for longer, since I had normal road bike with normal saddle for that.
Re:How the Turner Twins Are Mythbusting Modern Gear by __mharrison__ on Friday March 20, 2026 @06:25PM (#47461525)
Mine is on a mountain bike. Ride 3x per week, two-hour rides. Still hurts when I switch to someone else's bike/seat.
Re:How the Turner Twins Are Mythbusting Modern Gear by ErroneousBosh on Friday March 20, 2026 @10:48AM (#47455363)
My old bike had a Brooks saddle and I gave it to someone to use with no real expectation of getting it back, and sure enough I didn't get it back. They're still using it though :-)

I wish I'd swapped out the really nice saddle for a more entry-level one though.