ate crow: butchered B17

[eddief]

don't try it at home. Had a catastrophic ajustment bolt failure this afternoon. maybe due to just the age of saddle, but maybe due to the increased leverage put on the system by butchering the leather. attempt only at your own risk. egg on face eddief. "tried and failed better than never having tried?"

waiting for the socalsteve approach set to arrive from VO in a couple of days.

[fiamme red]

Had a catastrophic ajustment bolt failure this afternoon.While riding?

[eddief]

rain stopped, wanted to ride new saddle. went over bump sat back down and the bolt cracked. will get a new bolt and repair to determine if the mod was responsible or not. but thought i might have tempted others and did not want to lose sleep.

[Nooch]

and here i was digging your saddle thinking it looked like a classier selle italia flite..

[eddief]

Told him what I had done to the saddle. He thought most of the time when bolts break they do so cause the adjustment is too loose. I ordered another one and will try again. Keep you posted.

[stackie]

I butchered a Ti Swift years ago before the Swallow was introduced. It failed shortly thereafter with a broken piece up front (don't really remember what broke, but it was not the actual bolt) Replaced the piece and it broke again within a year. My take is don't butcher your Brooks, at least not if you are pushing 200 lbs.

Jon