{"id":1639,"date":"2012-03-09T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joewein.net\/blog\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2012-03-09T09:28:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T00:28:35","slug":"brooks-b17-standard-saddle-for-my-bike-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joewein.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/09\/brooks-b17-standard-saddle-for-my-bike-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks B17 Standard saddle for my Bike Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of days ago I signed up for a 300 km bicycle ride in May. Besides some training to prepare myself for the event I am also upgrading my Bike Friday folding bike. <\/p>\n

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The first investment has been a Brooks leather saddle. This British firm has an excellent reputation amongst long distance cyclists. On my last 150+ km ride there were two other riders with Brooks, one of them was Sarah Outen who has cycled from Europe to Tokyo on hers. The other was a friend of mine who had toured for weeks across East Tibet on his. Towards my longest ride so far I found it hard to sit on my previous bike saddle. My upcoming ride in May will be almost twice as far, so I will need to be as comfortable as I can. The B17 Standard is Brooks’ entry level model meant primarily for touring.<\/p>\n

So far the impression is excellent: Even though Brooks saddles are supposed to take a break-in period of up to 1000 km, I have felt totally comfortable on mine from the first minute. Definitely recommended!<\/p>\n

On the 40 km test ride I had my first puncture in 2000 km, but it was quickly fixed with my spare tube, tools and compact pump.<\/p>\n

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My second investment for the coming ride is a dynamo light, the Busch + M\u00fcller Lumotec IQ Cyo N Plus LED Front Light (175QNDi)<\/a>, which should be more effective than the small battery powered light that I now use. The current light is OK in town, but I wouldn’t want to rely on in the absence of street lights out of town. <\/p>\n

More about the B&M IQ Cyo N Plus here once I will have received it and had a chance to test it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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