Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-04-05 Thread Wesley
I just want to preface that I am confused but in no way mad: I made a couple of replies in this thread that were deleted by the moderator(s) and I am confused as to why. Apparently I broke some group rule(?) and I'd like to avoid doing so in the future so would appreciate getting some guidance

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-04-05 Thread Wesley
If you've thought leather saddles felt too hard and wooden, I recommend going for an aggressive break-in that breaks the rules you'll often hear about being minimal with anything you put on the saddle. So if you still have a Brooks that you thought was uncomfortable, here is what I do to break

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-04-05 Thread Wesley
Hey Emily, I'm also a long legs, short torso person. My experience is that I need to use a ridiculously tall stem with a short extension, but that doesn't really apply in your case because the Bike Friday stem must already have odd proportions. More importantly, if your complaint with Brooks

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-04-03 Thread 'Steven Seelig' via RBW Owners Bunch
A lot of great input here. I think I now know how individual an issue this can be just from the comments. For me, just recently it has turned out that all those Brooks C17s I have ON ALL MY BIKEs are no longer working for me. This may be TMI but it turns out that because of their shape, my

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-03-31 Thread Anthony Holden
+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 wrote: > Emily, I have dealt with roughly your sort of physiological dimensioning > my whole riding

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-03-30 Thread ascpgh
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

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-03-29 Thread Linda G
If the shape works on the liberator x they do have a gel version if it's too hard. I wear padded shorts if I am going any distance. I believe you can get padded underwear to go under regular shorts. Terry makes a city riding saddle called the Cite X, or at least they used to. It's wider and

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-03-29 Thread Roberta
(Jock--you probably meant to address this to Emily, but people who might be researching might find my comments helpful.) Yes and I liked the Selle Anatomica one I tried. Still, it was too narrow. I could feel the saddle between my sitsbones, not under them. What's the guidelines for saddle

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-03-28 Thread Emily Guise
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

Re: [RBW] Re: How do I know when a saddle fits?

2024-03-28 Thread John Dewey
Roberta, have you experimented with a cut-out saddle? Jock On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM Roberta 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