{"id":161600,"date":"2025-03-30T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T02:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&p=161600"},"modified":"2025-03-30T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T02:11:11","slug":"another-15-years-with-this-saddle","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/another-15-years-with-this-saddle\/","title":{"rendered":"Another 15 years with this saddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The B17 For Blue Lug and the special triangles<\/a> are going live online in a few hours today.<\/p>\n

Go check out Mat’s blog post<\/a> if you are curious about how this collaboration came to be.<\/p>\n

I personally bought two of the brown ones. Let’s unbox this bad boy shall we?<\/p>\n

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Mmmm, the silver rails are something else.<\/p>\n

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As much as I want to lace up the colorful lace that is included in the saddles, and carve my name in the blank, I would like to say that I absolutely love Brooks saddles.<\/p>\n

Berthoud and Anatomica are great, but my Brooks saddles makes my buttocks happy the most.<\/p>\n

I think you can get an idea of how much I love Brooks by looking in my parts box, a.k.a.”The Gate to Hell”. When opening the gate, you will be greeted by the demons.<\/p>\n

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Other than these demons, I have a few more on my current bikes.<\/p>\n

Too much? No no no. Some of these are broken. It’s just that I can get rid of them since they all mean so much to me. They are my history.<\/p>\n

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This one is the oldest Brooks saddle I currently own. I have been using this one from 2010, so its 15 years old.<\/p>\n

We tend to say Brooks saddles are long lasting. To me, this means that they look beautiful even if they are old and broken. In fact, they look better when they get older. I don’t mean that they stay brand new for a long time.<\/p>\n

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I cannot manage to throw away a saddle that is this beat up. I originally had this specific saddle on a Keirin bike and then I put it on a funny bike that had 24″ wheels with tubular tires on the front, then to the Surly Steamroller then the Karate Monkey and finally ended up on a Rivendell. It takes me back to so many memories. This is literally my history.<\/p>\n

I kept on repairing with zipties, the spring nut of the nose flew off, got my pp stuck in the center hole because it’s so deformed, but I just can’t throw it away. I don’t think there are any other saddles that I kept for 15 years.<\/p>\n

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However, the Brooks name plate had started to come off from the saddle and my pants kept getting caught on the edges. Didn’t bother me too much, but I thought this was a great opportunity to switch to the new collaboration saddle.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been wanting to try this for a long time.<\/p>\n

This is the first time carving anything on leather products, so I’m a bit nervous. Here goes nothing.<\/p>\n

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Hmm, could have done a better job, but I’ll take it. My previous saddle looked like Frankenstein anyways, so I’m not mad at all.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know if it’s the right thing to apply proofide on the carving but, I did it anyways.<\/p>\n

I had one more thing I wanted to try.<\/p>\n

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Metal stamps. Let’s see how this turns out.<\/p>\n

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