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Headed out on my almost 30 year old Trek 8000 ATB...wearing my almost 5 year old Speedy Gonzales Moonwatch on an almost 5 year old Raine Inc. protective band [protective flap retracted]...

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Mad Dog Mad Dog
Headed out on my almost 30 year old Trek 8000 ATB...wearing my almost 5 year old Speedy Gonzales Moonwatch on an almost 5 year old Raine Inc. protective band [protective flap retracted]...

Grip Shift!

Also, how do you like the Brooks? I always hear people raving about them. But most of them are just "scene hipsters" riding around their fixed gears whilst grooming their mustache.
I was thinking about picking one up for my baby hauling hybrid.
But instead of leather, I was looking at the Cambium.
Anyone have any experience with those?

https://www.brooksengland.com/en_us/saddles/cambium/cambium-c17-carved-black.html

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Grip Shift!

Also, how do you like the Brooks? I always hear people raving about them. But most of them are just "scene hipsters" riding around their fixed gears whilst grooming their mustache.
I was thinking about picking one up for my baby hauling hybrid.
But instead of leather, I was looking at the Cambium.
Anyone have any experience with those?

https://www.brooksengland.com/en_us/saddles/cambium/cambium-c17-carved-black.html

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I dig the Brooks Pro on my Trek 8000...but it’s heavy. That Brooks Pro was on my 1989 Schwinn Waterford Paramount until I switched it to my Trek 8000 a few years ago. I purchased that Brooks Pro new in the late 1980s/early 1990s. The only reason I have that Brooks Pro is because of Dad...he was an amateur track racer back in the 1920s and 1930s in Newark, NJ and he rode a Brooks Pro...and during the 1960s and 1970s when I was a wee lad, he’d often exclaim “You can’t beat a Brooks saddle, son!”. To be honest, I don’t think they had much of a choice regarding saddles back in the 1920s and 1930s. 😁

Also, I’m not familiar with the newer, higher tech Brooks saddles such as the Brooks Cambium that you posted.
 
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#spamsessionalert
So, needed to get a few things sorted and go back to basics, fun and exhausting day unlearning and relearning virtually EVERYTHING.
It started by learning how to jump this thing.

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Then moving on to unlearning a load of things before relearning them like you do as a kid, jumps skids and wheelies styleee until completely gassed
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Less speed, more fun👍
If anyone in the UK is interested, let me know, this coach is very well known and well worth it.
 
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I’ve been a road rider for a long time but this past year have gotten heavily into track cycling... anybody else on here ride the velodrome? 😀
 
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Grip Shift!

Also, how do you like the Brooks? I always hear people raving about them. But most of them are just "scene hipsters" riding around their fixed gears whilst grooming their mustache.

If your backside is Brooks-shaped they are great. If not, well, not. My first new one was a B19 Narrow in the 1960s, now have a B17 on an old Moulton, a touch too wide for my taste. Most comfortable saddle I have, one that gets transferred from bike to bike, is a Selle Italia that came new on a 1983 Moulton. I don't know how to try without spending, but if you have a really, really good relationship with your LBS they may help.
 
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I’ve been a road rider for a long time but this past year have gotten heavily into track cycling... anybody else on here ride the velodrome? 😀
No...but Dad did back in the 1920s and 1930s...see second pic below...I believe that’s the Newark (NJ) velodrome. Dad used to talk quite a bit about his track racing days when I was growing up. Dad is indicated by the red arrows, Uncle Bob (who became a pro track racer) is indicated by the white arrows and Uncle Harry is indicated by the blue arrow. They were on an amateur team/club called the Bay View Wheelmen out of Newark, NJ. Also, it came out at one of our family reunions in the 1980s that Dad was a “dirty racer”...win at all costs...you can see that his lower right leg is somewhat mangled in the second pic below...makes sense...you race dirty and you’re gonna get dirty. 😁

Also, I included Dad’s watches and some of his track racing medals below...he threw away ALL of his track racing silver plated cups in the 1980s...which I was pretty bummed about...I would’ve liked to have had those as keepsakes since I remember clanking them around as a wee lad in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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madjestikmoose madjestikmoose
I’ve been a road rider for a long time but this past year have gotten heavily into track cycling... anybody else on here ride the velodrome? 😀
Yes, did it a couple of times, but the track is not close enough to be a regular.
BTW, what velodrome is that on the pic?
 
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borre borre
Yes, did it a couple of times, but the track is not close enough to be a regular.
BTW, what velodrome is that on the pic?
Ah, that’s a shame... they do spread them out a bit. The one in the pic is Newport, south Wales. I’m very lucky - it’s only half an hour’s drive away from me, can’t believe I didn’t discover it sooner.
 
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
No...but Dad did back in the 1920s and 1930s...see second pic below...I believe that’s the Newark (NJ) velodrome. Dad used to talk quite a bit about his track racing days when I was growing up. Dad is indicated by the red arrows, Uncle Bob (who became a pro track racer) is indicated by the white arrows and Uncle Harry is indicated by the blue arrow. They were on an amateur team/club called the Bay View Wheelmen out of Newark, NJ. Also, it came out at one of our family reunions in the 1980s that Dad was a “dirty racer”...win at all costs...you can see that his lower right leg is somewhat mangled in the second pic below...makes sense...you race dirty and you’re gonna get dirty. 😁

Also, I included Dad’s watches and some of his track racing medals below...he threw away ALL of his track racing silver plated cups in the 1980s...which I was pretty bummed about...I would’ve liked to have had those as keepsakes since I remember clanking them around as a wee lad in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Wow, that’s awesome, more great stories! You’re the spitting image of your dad @Mad Dog! 😎
 
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Wife and I used to do a lot of multi sport racing, but that has taken a back burner with new jobs and large home renovation project. We need to get back out there
 
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A hospital appointment a few weeks back and told my riding days are finally over so only memories and some images left plus my Cannondale sitting in the garden shed 🙁

A poor image from the eighties on a tour on the isle of Islay, https://www.islayinfo.com/

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spent a little bit of time in chicago a few years ago for school, beautiful weather during the summer time, but brutal winters
 
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A hospital appointment a few weeks back and told my riding days are finally over so only memories and some images left plus my Cannondale sitting in the garden shed 🙁

A poor image from the eighties on a tour on the isle of Islay, https://www.islayinfo.com/

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Sorry to hear that. I dread the day I have to hang up my bars.
Can you strip the 'dale and mount on a wall to use as a focal point while you regale those around you of heroic pedalling deeds?
 
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On my afternoon commute today! Bike is older than the watch by about 5 years. Steel is real!

Wouldn’t mind seeing a better picture of your Bridgestone!😀
 
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Sorry to hear that. I dread the day I have to hang up my bars.
Can you strip the 'dale and mount on a wall to use as a focal point while you regale those around you of heroic pedalling deeds?

End of cycling wasn't totally unexpected but like most things in life I was living in hope, now it is just saying goodbye to the bike, if I knew a genuine youngster who liked cycling I would happily gift it to him/her.
 
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Some old images, apologies if some as I suspect may be in this thread somewhere,

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