I ride my B17 special very nose-up. People often say OUCH that looks painful! They just don't understand... My C17 is pretty much dead flat. I agree that they don't feel the same. They are both wide and flat, but the B17 special has a lot more give, and that hammock feel. The C17 is not a hammock. but it IS quite forgiving and comfortable. I use the B17 on my Atlantis for long rides. The C17 is on my single speed CX bike which I use for ripping around fast and light, riding in the rain, etc. The C17 is also a great mountain biking saddle.
On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 11:28:56 AM UTC-5, Justin August wrote: > > After putting in some miles on the C17S I decided to switch back to my > B17. I think they feel pretty different - the C17 was nowhere near the > broken in feel of my B17. I _want_ to have a a more weather-proofed saddle > and may go down the WTB SSTx rabbit hole soon. However for me the solution > wasn't the C17. It felt too harsh and had no give. > > Perhaps adjust your B17 to be more flat when you go on the trail and see > how that works? Maybe tension out the bolt a bit as well? > > -J > > On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 9:20:34 AM UTC-7, jinxed wrote: >> >> No, if anything it's the opposite. It doesn't seem to matter if I >> re-tension, adjust height or fore/aft positioning either. Again, it's not a >> problem unless I'm riding in the dirt with some technical terrain. The B17 >> is the only saddle I've used that required a nose up tilt for me to be >> comfortable on. >> >> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 5:32:28 AM UTC-6, Johnny Alien wrote: >>> >>> Do you start to run the B17 more level once it's broken in? I don't >>> ride nose up but have found the C17 feels most comfortable set up just like >>> the standard B17. >>> >>> -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
