by gudmund » Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:36 pm
not to get left out of the 'plastic' bicycle seat comments = my seat of "preference" is still the OLD 'real' leather seat, that I used when crossing the US in 1983 (42 days, 3091miles and unemployed at the time) French made "Ideale" and if not that one - it was the English made "Brooks" on the other bike (almost 10,000miles between those two bikes in the eighty's - back when I was in shape and it was nothing to do at least 100++++miles per day - never smoked and no more alcohol after age 22&Army - yet I now have the 'pacemaker-heart bypass & last month gull bladder removed', Feb22 will be 68 and am YES I am falling apart)....... I know there have been many advancements over the years in cycle seats -but- I still favor them oldy's (and both of mine are still fine shape - each being stored inside their own 'plastic' storage bag - having been checked on every few years and put away after a touch of reoiling)
I know this 'seat talk' has nothing to do with the subject being spoken about here and I apologize for that. The comment I made about 'feeling the leather', was about how so many times when 'some new way of doing something' ends up not working out for the better - and still doing it the old "tried and true" way ends up still working out just fine........... Take care............... PS plastic cycle seats for years did "suck" and today with all of the ''modern day advancements'' they are probably just fine =but= I won't be riding one any time soon.......