+1 for the Rivet Pearl. I've got one on a Soma Double Cross, and the version with the cutout is indeed an excellent fit for several positions fore and aft!
On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 3:25 PM ascpgh <asc....@gmail.com> wrote: > Emily, I have dealt with roughly your sort of physiological dimensioning > my whole riding life and currently have three variations of coping, each > with saddles that bear varying results. Those results have inseparable > connection to how well each of the bikes they are on fits me. > > My commuter is a stock Surly Disc Trucker "box bike". I added a Brooks > B-17, pedals , Nitto RM 013 handlebar, dyno hub/ lights and a shorter a > stem. The frame size that produced the best reach to the handlebars > required a long extension of the seat post and would have required a > pretty high angle stem for those bars to be level with the seat, my comfort > zone, and would also need significant setback dimension of the seat post > head. The frame size that gives the best pedaling position requires a short > stem to keep me from reaching, sort of. I still feel like I reach for the > bars on that bike and do not ride it more than 20 miles. Even on the bigger > size I find my legs drive me to slide back on the seat, onto the cantle > (that metal thing) for many climbs before I pedal out of the saddle. Lots > of compromises but it's my 14 hour lock up bike. > > My Rivendell Rambouillet was the best stock bike fit to my body I'd ever > experienced and prevented me from going custom. Grant envisioned it as a > long hours in the saddle sporty/light touring bike in the French > audax/randonnour-inspired design for comfort over hours of riding. Shorter > top tube than seat tube, with 2° upslope and 2 cm extended top head tube > lug all conspired to provide this. It all conspires to fitting me well. It > was a stock build kit from Riv with the B-17, RM 013 bars, I added the > fenders, and changed the derailleurs, shifters and brakes. I do pedal from > the saddle quite a bit more than others in groups before getting out of it > and standing for hills. I still find myself sliding back on the seat for a > rearward position to get some pushing forward on the pedal strokes when > going uphill. That puts me on that cantle again, less than on the commuter > but with the bars in more comfortable reach. > > I finally did go custom to for the sort of riding I have available and > enjoy from my front door. I've refined what I look for in saddles, > acknowledging that I do stay on the saddle across more terrain than others, > scooting rearward for that pushing bit where others pop up, pedaling out of > their saddles. That fore and aft position range has made me a connoisseur > of saddle tops that have a platform of surface wide enough for my sit bones > but also retaining that in the longitudal dimension of my back and forth > positioning. I want that platform to be level and I don't want extra > material rubbing my legs. > > I am using a Rivet Pearl with cut out on my custom bike. The cut out lets > the centerline of the leather "hammock" between the nose and cantle without > the same amount of weight my sit bones applied to those spots that breaks > in the points where they do bear weight. Without the cut out, that leather > remains a linear high ridge from front to back where the less skeletal > portions of my rear end are perched. I thought I had picked perfectly when > I chose the Rivet Diablo but after three months' riding and several > centuries everything was breaking in nicely except for that ridge line down > the center and it was creating discomfort. They were quick to respond to my > issue and sent the the cut out version of the Pearl which has been perfect > ever since. > > Hope this is of some help to your situation. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > > > > > > > On Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 11:46:29 PM UTC-4 Emily Guise wrote: > >> Hey all, thanks so much for your insights! I'm local to Portland OR, and >> there is a bike fitter in town, Pedal PT, who also does physical therapy. >> I've been wondering if I should get a fit with them, and it seems like I >> should look into it more seriously. >> >> My travel/adventure/distance bike is a Bike Friday, and that's the one >> I'd get fit. I do tend to like the flatter saddles, and usually ride with >> the nose titled up. A challenge is that I have very long arms and legs but >> a shorter torso. Anyone with a similar body type have any advice? >> >> I have tried women's specific saddles- I tried a Terry Liberator for a >> while, but it was just SO hard, even though the cutout was fantastic. The >> same with the Brookses, I always felt like I was sitting on the metal edge >> or the leather was as unforgiving as wood and as uncomfortable. I'm trying >> out Riv's new plastic saddle on my Platypus right now. It's sort of >> comfortable but also feels maybe not quite wide enough. I'll have to give >> it a few more weeks. >> >> >> On Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7:22:12 AM UTC-7 John Dewey wrote: >> >>> Roberta, have you experimented with a cut-out saddle? >>> >>> Jock >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM Roberta <rcha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The Philadelphia Trek store can measure sits bones. Perhaps there is >>>> one near you to give you some direction? >>>> >>>> I prefer a flat top like the B68 to a rounder top B17. I also have wide >>>> sits bones, so B17 too narrow for me. I tilt the saddle nose up, so I’m >>>> sitting on the flat back part of the saddle. Otherwise I slide to the >>>> front sitting on the nose part, and that is very irritating. Where are you >>>> sitting on the saddle? >>>> >>>> Also take notice where the seams of your underwear are when you’re >>>> riding as sit bones on seams are irritating. >>>> >>>> Roberta >>>> Philadelphia >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 4:00:24 PM UTC-4 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a93cb530-6ec0-4fcd-894a-868948892b91n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a93cb530-6ec0-4fcd-894a-868948892b91n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/MadBB7Oip_Q/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/3025d454-6558-4fe2-815b-cdbe6d492daan%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3025d454-6558-4fe2-815b-cdbe6d492daan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CADgjUdSv2qUDy2sy0YGRmWxZr6tJXyEQNNRdCDjBWtyVZ0ha-w%40mail.gmail.com.
