raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
They've obviously never seen an old Brooks suck Proofide into the top, best seen on a warm sunny day.
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Pale Rider
Legendary Member
They've obviously never seen an old Brooks suck Proofide into the top, best seen on a warm sunny day.
Nothing to stop you using Proofide, polish, dubbin, or any other leather preparation on a dried out old saddle, but if done properly it won't stain trousers.
Most jodhpurs are beige, but you never see a horse rider with a grease stained arse.
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
Proofide was originally applied just to the top. When Brooks realised people were riding in the rain without mudguards, they changed the advice to include Proofiding the bottom too. The current advice on their website is "Apply a little of this leather saddle cream to the finished side of the leather. Allow to permeate until dry and then polish off. Also apply Proofide to the underside of the saddle, but leave this coating on to protect against dirt and moisture."
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
I've always worn bike pants or shorts to work and changed into work pants. Too many ways to get the work ones dirty or damaged. The bike ones I use have a gusset so to avoid grinding a seam into your nethers and are nylon, not spandex and dry very quickly. They have never been stained by the saddle.
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
I’ve ridden on nothing but Brooks saddles for over 35 years. Can’t imagine using any other. Saddles of course are highly personal but these work wonderfully for me. Comfort aside, they really don’t take much maintenance and they last forever
Mike Ayling
Veteran
- Location
- Melbourne Downunda
I am not that old Vickster but I have seen old photos and film of large numbers of factory workers cycling into the factory gates.Not a clue, maybe I’m not as old as you, cars have been plentiful through my lifetime.
However, OP wears chinos, some of which may be pale coloured, he may not want his new non colourfast brooks saddle getting soaked, leaking dye and staining the seat of his pale chinos?
Pale coloured chinos, maybe that is why black is the most common colour for knicks plus males find the black does not show the grease stains when they wipe their hands down the sides after on road repairs!
BTW, is there a non American word for chinos?
Mike
Badger_Boom
Veteran
- Location
- York
I’ll stick with a Booths bag, I’m not rubbish you know.Err, as I posted a Tesco carrier bag is better, mind I'd avoid Waitrose ones (too posh) and Sainsburys are borderline and I'd reckon a Harrods bag should definitely be avoided.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Slacks
OP
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Leslie
Regular
maybe I should have used the word 'trousers'
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
My father’s Champ. Narrow, 1936 vintage had a thick canvas(?) protector fitted to the underside. It lasted until the 90s, when the typical split appeared in the nose.
Eribiste
Careful with that axle Eugene
- Location
- Eckington, Worcestershire
Err, as I posted a Tesco carrier bag is better, mind I'd avoid Waitrose ones (too posh) and Sainsburys are borderline and I'd reckon a Harrods bag should definitely be avoided.
Not Louis Vitton saddle cover then?
roley poley
Veteran
- Location
- leeds
as a saddle cover I have seen a showercap used outside my local sports center, prefer the plastic bag myself
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
No I own a couple of these and they're excellent, however does the logo need to be quite so prominent.
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
I think they used to do them without the logo didn't they? I have a plain one that I'm sure I must have got from them, though it was about nine or ten years ago now.
