Originally Posted by
pastorbobnlnh
Kurt, continues to look really nice. Black on black on black etc.. Any plans yet for which saddle to run? B-72 or a Brooks Flyer would suit my tastes and there you have my 2 cents.
The Thompson post puts double-rail saddles out of the question (I really don't want to fool with the adapter), but I was thinking along the same lines - a black Flyer or a B.67.
Funny thing, I have what is either a 1950's or 1960's sprung B.17 sitting around here - a predecessor to the current Flyer, I assume - but that monster has dual rails.
I'd rather pick one up that's been broken in just a bit - my preferred approach to a Brooks - but when I cruised eBay last night, I couldn't find any that were broken in properly. Most were either abused or barely broken in, though a number of the used women's B.17S saddles for sale
were properly broken in. Quite a few sellers are asking 90% the price of a new one too, so it doesn't even make any sense to go this route.
-Kurt