Billy Crystal: "It's better to looook goooood than to feeeel gooood. And let me tell you, darling ... you looooook maaahvelous! Absolooootly maaaaahvelous!" So, you got that going for you. Grin.
If you get desperate enough to try something beyond the Brompton wide, here is a whacky idear: harden your rear. Sit on wood chairs, no cushion. Kneel on a kneeler. Sit cross legged on a hard floor. Etc. Simultaneously, get the Berthoud and ride it. No short cuts to break it in, but in the long run you'll be far happier, because you are right, a leather saddle just rides ... better. With abandon, Patrick, who actually eschews cushioned seating, uses a kneeling desk and sits on wood floors and flatform chairs, and rides a Berthoud on his GBW. On Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 10:36:30 AM UTC-6, ☆ Paul ☆ wrote: > > Hello Everyone! > > I'm rebuilding an older double top-tube Sam Hillborne from the frame up, > and I'm struggling to find a comfortable leather saddle for an upright > ride. I don't mean "kinda upright", I mean straight back like a dutch bike > for errands and trips around time — achieving this with a Bosco bar and > super long Nitto tectonic stem pushed all the way up. > > I'm 175 lbs, 5'11" and have 115mm sitbones and normally ride a Fizik > Aliante or B17 Narrow on my more aggressive bikes... but putting either of > those saddles on the upright doesn't work. My sitbones fall off, and I'm > riding on "soft tissue". Ouch. > > Other saddles that have not worked: > > - B17/Flyer: Too narrow. Sit bones fall off the edge, and upturned > nose pokes in a bad place. > - B68: Too wide, chafes a bit, and slippery. > - Berthoud Mente: Hard as a rock, and possibly a little too wide (hard > to tell as it is so hard). > - Brooks Cambium C19: Sit area curves down so much on the sides it's > really no wider than a C15 — or B17. > - Rivet Loveland: Ditto. > > What sort of of works: > > - 170mm wide Brompton "Wide version" foam saddle I pilfered from my > wife's folding bike. Feels pretty good. But really, really dumb looking on > the Sam. I strongly prefer a leather saddle as the bike is turning out > quite lovely, and looks do count! > > Any suggestions? > > PS: If someone has a tried and true way to break in the Berthoud, I might > do it. The issue is I'll never ride a century on this bike, and I'm afraid > that breaking the Mente in the normal way will take a year or more. > > Thank you! > > Paul > > > -- 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/877b6d58-273e-48b3-b45b-d08d59c69dd8o%40googlegroups.com.
