Reddit Reddit reviews Brooks Saddles B17 Standard Bicycle Saddle (Black Rails, Black), Men's

We found 9 Reddit comments about Brooks Saddles B17 Standard Bicycle Saddle (Black Rails, Black), Men's. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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Brooks Saddles B17 Standard Bicycle Saddle (Black Rails, Black), Men's
Rails: steelCover: leatherClaimed Weight: 580 gRecommended Use: cycling
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9 Reddit comments about Brooks Saddles B17 Standard Bicycle Saddle (Black Rails, Black), Men's:

u/Rehd · 8 pointsr/bicycling

Enjoy the FX! I'm rocking the 7.5 and I am completely in love with cycling. Here's a few words of advice:

Ditch that cable lock. I can walk up to a bike with a cable with a five dollar tool and have it for myself in 10-20 seconds. Get a U-Lock and rope. The correct answer for how many locks or what kind of locks to use is how many you are willing to carry. This will depend on your location as well. U-Locks + ropes typically require an individual to have a hacksaw, grinder, etc. I live in a smaller college town and mostly just have to worry about drunk assholes so that works perfect. In other areas more heavy duty and smaller U-Locks are more necessary. This will probably work fine and is cheap unless you're in Detroit or something.

Fenders. I feel like that should be your next investment unless you bike a lot at night. I bike a ton at night and decided to invest in great lights after almost being hit by both cars and bikes several times. The first time you have somewhere to be and go through a puddle, the fenders pay for themselves. These are what I rock and I go through puddles / lakes which I probably shouldn't. I stay nice and dry while my friends breeze through them and get completely soaked.

Racks and bungies are great for the FX series. Like others mentioned, this is just a fun bike. I use it for recreation, commuting, bar hopping, exercise, you name it! A rack and a bungie net makes it awesome and Ortlieb panniers are an even better addition.

Besides fenders however... the seat and pedals (maybe) are the next things I'd recommend to look at. The pedals look metal in that picture, but if there's plastic, toss them. Well, I guess you can use them. It depends on the rider, but there's a pretty good track record of the FX series stock pedals only lasting roughly 500 miles before they completely break. Obviously this will vary by user. These are my favorite commuter pedals because I can go clipless later or I can commute at the same time without switching out. These are cheaper and better for commuting just because of the pricing.

As for the seat, your ass will never get more comfy than sitting on a brooks.

Enjoy the FX, it's a wonderful machine and I cherish mine. I was biking to work for the first time in a month (been on vacation) and I forgot I had to go to work. I accidentally biked a few extra miles down the bike path before I remembered I was commuting and not going for an enjoyable bike ride. Careful, it becomes an addiction.

And here's a shameless plug for my pride and joy. It still had the old pedals, saddle, fenders and needs an updated snapshot.

u/redditaccount_____ · 7 pointsr/bodyweightfitness

So, they're called saddles because unless you're riding leisurely around most of your weight should be on your feet. But, it will still be uncomfortable on a road bike seat so you must wear padding. This is a main reason why you see all cyclists on the road wearing a kit. Also you just get used to it. Now, when I ride a bike in my everyday clothes I use this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000HZA918/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498798548&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=brooks+b17&psc=1

It seems backwards at first but you can spread your weight better without all the padding, which on long rides will be less comfortable. Being fit to your bike and having it adjusted properly is very important. Good luck.

u/deletive-expleted · 3 pointsr/ukbike
u/Ivebeenfurthereven · 2 pointsr/ukbike

Price history graph indicates this is an OK deal, but far from exceptional. Amazon has sold it for a lot less money at times in the past

In fact, there's a strong spike in prices in spring/summer, and a steeper drop yet to come around the end of September/early October by the looks of the trend over the last few years.

Makes sense - cash in on bike mania when the weather turns good, then have to shift your excess inventory before the relatively quiet winter

I'd hold fire until the end of September and see if it drops lower again this year personally.

u/mybro4sale · 1 pointr/pics

The padding does nothing. The best thing for your ass on a trip like this is a Brooks

u/Ngram · 1 pointr/FixedGearBicycle

If you like a classic looking saddle. The Brooks B17 Standard is a very sweet saddle.

u/day1patch · 1 pointr/bicycling

Hi, welcome to the club :)

  • Actually the way your saddle is set up is best for cycling, and on stop lights most people get out of the saddle to stand down or tilt the bike to the side to tip-toe-stand. Just a matter of getting used to it. By the way: Make sure the saddle post doesn't hit the spring of your suspension, I just checked your bike and that could happen. That being said if it really is too high there is nothing wrong with cutting an inch or two off the bottom.

  • Frankly just practice. Sometimes you have to just brake and get off, it's just something pedestrians do. It can be confusing, but after a while it became quite fun for me to try and judge who goes where and so on.

  • Depends a lot. If you were racing in groups there are clear rules, but otherwise it's basically just common sense like you would use when on foot. People don't seem to like being cut off, and if you see someone is faster than you don't get in front of them at lights only to be overtaken a minute later. Running red lights is good ediquette, at least all the cheers I get from the cyclists who wait seems to say so. Maybe they are yelling obscenities, but I never hear it exactly because they are so far behind me.

  • Invest in cheap waterproof pants and a jacket. I have had this set until I lost it somewhere, it did a fine job of keeping me dry. An extra set of shoes can't hurt if you use it to get to work, wet shoes suck. Get a strong clothes pin for your right pants leg so it doesn't get chain grease all over / stuck in the chain. If you want to upgrade at some point there isn't much you can upgrade on a folder, but a Brooks saddle is something I never knew I would love this much, super comfortable and transformed my 300€ singlespeeder into my daily driver of four years and counting.
u/Viraus2 · 1 pointr/bicycling

You can get a Brooks saddle for 90: http://www.amazon.com/Brooks-Saddles-Standard-Bicycle-Saddle/dp/B000HZA918/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325022507&sr=8-1

Still not dirt cheap, but a very fair price for what you get. I love mine.

u/meownz · 1 pointr/bicycling

So this seat

leather tape

and one of these I'm not sure which one

but how do you make the brake covers brown?

EDIT: also the inside of the wheels brown

EDIT x2: found the brake covers