rsl
04-25-2006, 09:34 AM
So I'm set to take delivery of my new Zanconato roadbike in less than a month, and I spoke with Mike on the phone yesterday for about a half hour as he explained different aspects of the geometry for my bike, and we went over a parts list and set up a time for my wife and I to head up to Worcester to see the work in progress. All fun stuff.
Over dinner I was excitedly filling my wife in on the details, and just happened to mention that I still need to figure out what saddle I would like. I've been giving monologues about lugs and brazing and the craft of frame building for months now and also somewhere along the way I mentioned my deep-seated desire to put a Brooks saddle on my new bike.
Fearing that I was about to buy a non-brooks saddle on my own, she said that she had to give away a surprise. Secretly,yesterday morning she had emailed Mike to tell him that no matter what saddle I settled for, to put a honey-brown brooks swift on the bike instead as a surprise! How great is that?
Over dinner I was excitedly filling my wife in on the details, and just happened to mention that I still need to figure out what saddle I would like. I've been giving monologues about lugs and brazing and the craft of frame building for months now and also somewhere along the way I mentioned my deep-seated desire to put a Brooks saddle on my new bike.
Fearing that I was about to buy a non-brooks saddle on my own, she said that she had to give away a surprise. Secretly,yesterday morning she had emailed Mike to tell him that no matter what saddle I settled for, to put a honey-brown brooks swift on the bike instead as a surprise! How great is that?