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
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
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
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
+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
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
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
Thank you for this offer but I am looking for a B68s, not a B67s ( which I
already have). If you do indeed have the non-spring S version in honey
brown I may be interested. I need to get the bike put together and try out
the B67s and be sure the shape works before I change. The rain up here in
(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
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
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
Hi Linda
In my searches for a B67, at one point I accidentally bought one on eBay,
not realizing it's a B67S. So, I was stuck with a woman's shaped B67. I
tried deploying that saddle on a build for my wife, but she didn't like the
build. That bike is sitting up at my cabin in the mountains
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
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.
How I know a saddle fits, triangulated:
i. First off, the most comfortable saddle for hours-long rides is not
*necessarily* (in fact, rarely) plush and comfortable as soon as I sit on
it. My favorite saddles (B68 for upright, B17 Champion Special for when
less than upright) feel just OK when
On my most comfortable saddle, I generally start noticing irritation of the
skin over my sit bones after about 5 hours. Obviously, that's only an issue
on long rides. This is a well-broken-in Brooks, but it was fairly
comfortable since new (I worked some flex into the sit bone areas by
Pain is an obvious sign that something is wrong. And I think that's one
reason why it's easy to tell when a saddle ISN'T a fit. But what feels
right can be so subjective.
Obviously Riv and Grant are big proponents of Brooks. I've had several
Brooks saddles, and not every one feels the same.
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
Oh boy. There are so many variables that go into good saddle fit and
comfort that I'm not sure where to begin. One has to do with the type of
shorts (or other garbs) which you wear to ride. Many on this blog have
talked about the thinner the padding in their shorts the more comfy the
ride.
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