Hi Linda, I "temporarily" put my B67 on my Platypus and I think it's going to live there now. The springs make a squeaky noise, and I take this bike on club rides so sometimes it gets some comments, but I am so comfortable now I don't know that I need to "upgrade." There are ways to make the squeaky noise stop but now it's just part of my ride and makes me laugh a little bit. I thought about switching out to the B68 because I understand we can just buy one off the rack from Riv now, and this is my "fast" bike, but I don't feel like I need to anymore. I can ride much longer and don't find myself as limited by butt pain on my rides. I hope it works out for you!
Sarah On Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 8:39:15 AM UTC-7 Linda G wrote: > You write that you have tried many saddles but were any of them woman > specific? Through a lifetime of touring and casual cycling I never had a > saddle that I would describe as comfortable until I found the Terry > Liberator X. By comfortable I mean that I just don't notice it when riding. > Long ago I ran for exercise, before there were running shoes for women. I > would get blisters on my heels and sides of my feet because the heels and > whole shoe was too wide and not shaped for my feet. > My dilemma now is finding a saddle for more upright riding that is > comfortable and also looks good on the Platypus I am building up. What I > think would be ideal is the Brooks B68s but it is not being made. Rivendell > sells the regular B68 if you buy a frame but I have learned that I need a > short saddle. I have bought a B67s and will see how it works out, though I > don't like the extra weight of the springs. > > On Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 1:00:24 PM UTC-7 Emily Guise wrote: > >> Hello folks, I come to the group with a dilemma. I've never had a saddle >> that I could ride for longer than 20 miles comfortably. I've always ended >> up with sore sit bones, numb soft tissue, or both. This has really limited >> my ability to go on longer trips and after my five day ride on the C&O >> canal trail last Sept, it was more apparent than ever I need to find a >> saddle that won't hurt. >> >> I've tried dozens of saddles over the last 15 years- leather, plastic, >> cutouts, no cutouts, wide, medium, softer, harder, you name it. :( Most of >> the saddles that have stayed on my bikes for longer than a month have a >> central cut out, are on the wider side, and plastic. They're good for >> around town, but that's it. I've never had my sit bones measured. >> >> It occurred to me recently that because I've never had a truly >> comfortable long-distance saddle, I have no idea how one feels. So I >> figured I'd ask the group. How did The One saddle feel for you? Did it >> "disappear"? Was it love at first sit? Did it need to be adjusted a lot >> before finding the ideal position? Is there a certain amount of miles you >> ride before it becomes uncomfortable? >> >> I'd love to hear the group's collective wisdom so I know what to look for >> in the next saddle I try out. Thanks! >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dec41a4c-7640-4e75-ab56-f2837101b2den%40googlegroups.com.
