Comments on: Secure Your Brooks Saddle Extra Tight When in the Tenderloin http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Tico http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-51189 Tico Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:18:53 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-51189 Maybe if you just rode a normal bike and stopped being a poncy bike snob, you wouldn’t have to worry.

]]> By: olu http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22878 olu Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:56:57 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22878 That happened to a friend of mine in the TL – and I do wonder what happens next, where for instance would a crackhead sell it (and what asshole would but it)? Or is this a crime perpetrated only by those in the know as Rod suggested?

either way, sucks.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22877 Joseph Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:43:32 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22877 Plenty of people in the Tenderloin pay good money to get a gape like that.

]]> By: meligrosa http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22876 meligrosa Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:14:31 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22876 maybge they took it with them. ummmm. ok.

]]> By: esse-effe-one http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22875 esse-effe-one Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:07:22 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22875 time to break out the bike chain in a bike tube from saddle rails to rear triangle trick.

sf denizens not exactly the best at locking up their bikes.

]]> By: aaron alvin http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22874 aaron alvin Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:59:24 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22874 ahhhduh, kinda goes without saying…

]]> By: Rod http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22873 Rod Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:15:42 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22873 i don’t think crackheads are out stealing fashionable bike saddles, these grabs are probably hipster-on-hipster crime

]]> By: Rod http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22872 Rod Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:12:54 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22872 buying a designer European saddle comes with it’s burden

]]> By: SlobDog http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22871 SlobDog Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:55:47 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22871 Yeah. And if you ride a more contemporary bike with 3×9 tiagra brake lever/shifters they are a biachee to buy/replace too :(

Perhaps it’s time to torx bolt everything as the new bike fashion accessory.

]]> By: drinker http://www.missionmission.org/2010/09/15/secure-your-brooks-saddle-extra-tight-when-in-the-tenderloin/#comment-22870 drinker Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:46:12 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=17681#comment-22870 This started about a year ago — crackheads (or pros) know that “Brooks” logo means $$$.

Getting rid of your quick-release bolt isn’t enough protection for a $100 saddle.

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