Comments on: At the bamboo border http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/general-posts/at-the-bamboo-border Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:26:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Navi http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/general-posts/at-the-bamboo-border/comment-page-1#comment-1452 Navi Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:30:53 +0000 http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/?p=2005#comment-1452 I admire your stubbornness towards bribes - to be tired & hot and still patient is quite admirable. Also, love the flag stickers on the front fender. I admire your stubbornness towards bribes – to be tired & hot and still patient is quite admirable.

Also, love the flag stickers on the front fender.

]]> By: Deal Striker http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/general-posts/at-the-bamboo-border/comment-page-1#comment-683 Deal Striker Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:25:51 +0000 http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/?p=2005#comment-683 @Peter, I'm talking about the seating area - that appears to be angled down slightly because of the bowing effect. Nose-to-tail the whole saddle looks fairly level. I've noticed many people with B17s angle the whole saddle slightly upwards, which makes the seating area slightly more level. I just thought you might be sliding ever so slightly forwards as you are, putting pressure on your shins. But of course changing the Brooks angle could give rise to other more pressing problems. @Peter, I’m talking about the seating area – that appears to be angled down slightly because of the bowing effect. Nose-to-tail the whole saddle looks fairly level. I’ve noticed many people with B17s angle the whole saddle slightly upwards, which makes the seating area slightly more level. I just thought you might be sliding ever so slightly forwards as you are, putting pressure on your shins. But of course changing the Brooks angle could give rise to other more pressing problems.

]]> By: Peter http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/general-posts/at-the-bamboo-border/comment-page-1#comment-681 Peter Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:25:23 +0000 http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/?p=2005#comment-681 Hi - is the Brooks angled down? There is no reasoning, but if I change the position now it will probably feel strange Hi – is the Brooks angled down? There is no reasoning, but if I change the position now it will probably feel strange

]]> By: Deal Striker http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/general-posts/at-the-bamboo-border/comment-page-1#comment-680 Deal Striker Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:57:57 +0000 http://www.thebigafricacycle.com/?p=2005#comment-680 Peter, what a come-back after the events of March! You are a very special person and I wish you all the very best for your journey and your fantastic cause. It must have been quite a feeling helping to distribute some of those mosquito nets that your efforts have directly helped to fund. Bravo! By the way, I can't help notice in the above photograph that you've chosen to angle your B-17 saddle such that the seating area slopes slightly downwards. What is the thinking behind this? Do you have a particularly aggressive cycle-touring gait necessitating such a set-up or is the position simply a compromise between the rather uncomfortable extremes of the Brooks adjustment spectrum? Peter, what a come-back after the events of March! You are a very special person and I wish you all the very best for your journey and your fantastic cause. It must have been quite a feeling helping to distribute some of those mosquito nets that your efforts have directly helped to fund. Bravo! By the way, I can’t help notice in the above photograph that you’ve chosen to angle your B-17 saddle such that the seating area slopes slightly downwards. What is the thinking behind this? Do you have a particularly aggressive cycle-touring gait necessitating such a set-up or is the position simply a compromise between the rather uncomfortable extremes of the Brooks adjustment spectrum?

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