I switched several years ago from Brooks B-17 which I had ridden on for years on several bikes. i had issues with decomposition of B-17s over time to where they became uncomfortable - even with the "Select" version. Also, I found as I began to ride in a more forward leaning manner (lowered my bars for more comfort, contrary to what is often preached here), the B-17 shape didn't work for me.
So I switched to Berthoud and have been happy as a clam ever since. I've been riding the Aspin now for about 3 years. Better quality (thicker, stiffer leather; no hamered rivets to eventually dig into ones backside as the leather around the rivet wears; completely rebuildable saddle because the saddle is bolted to the rails, not hammered in. Just a better design, in my opinion. Caveat: it took me 500 miles to break the saddle to where riding anything more than 20 miles was comfortable. But, after 3 years, the saddle is broken, but not broken. Just thicker, stiffer material that will last much longer, I am sure. Highly recommended. John On Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 12:42:55 PM UTC-7, Don Compton wrote: > > I've been a Rivendell fan for years having owned 4 different bikes. I used > B-17 saddles for years, but with wear, as the area under my sit bones would > settle, the hump in the saddle( running for-aft) would cause extreme > discomfort. I just had to give up on Brooks. I have been using a Secialized > Phenom for about a year, but it's not so great on longer rides like I > remember my Brooks in the early years of ownership. Has anyone with issues > similar to mine switched over to a Berthoud saddle and felt some > improvement? > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
