Originally Posted by
robow
Let me pose a question for y'all
Do you think heavier riders seem to be more successful with a Brooks B17 ? Are there a lot of light weights out there that have tried a Brooks but didn't care for it as it seemed too stiff ? or are my anecdotal observations just random ?
I forget what I weighed when I had the Brooks, but I was never a little guy even when pretty lean. My issue with the Brooks was never that it was too stiff. I actually liked mine best when it was new and liked it less as it broke in much beyond the very most initial break in period. These days I only know one guy who is a Brooks user but he isn't a big guy. My observations are not a statistically significant sample though.