My wife has a Brooks B67 short on her Betty Foy and she doesn't complain. On her Brompton she has a Brooks B17 short.
On Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 8:03:31 AM UTC-5 Steve Cole wrote: > And Gilles Berthoud also ships to the U.S. Very good to work with and > very fast delivery -- 2 or 3 days. And likely to be less costly than > purchasing stateside. > > Steve Cole > Arlington, VA > > On Friday, February 4, 2022 at 11:30:23 AM UTC-7 John Phillips wrote: > >> Rene Herse sells the Gilles Berthoud saddles in the U.S. >> >> https://www.renehersecycles.com/product-category/components/saddles/ >> >> John >> >> On Friday, February 4, 2022 at 9:16:59 AM UTC-8 Linda G wrote: >> >>> Thanks for all the recommendations! Rivet does have a couple of models >>> that are shorter and, though generally more expensive than Brooks, are not >>> as expensive as the Gilles Berthoud Marie Blanque. As far as unsprung >>> models for more upright riding, Brooks doesn't have anything currently >>> available except B17S. I'm not sure the Berthoud is even available in the >>> U.S. except by order from France. I haven't run across anything non-leather >>> that would look good on the bike and be functional. One thing I learned >>> from this search is to measure my sit bone width which makes the likelihood >>> greater of having success from ordering a saddle I can't try in advance. >>> Rivet does have a good return policy though. >>> Linda >>> >>> On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 6:07:08 PM UTC-8 Bicycle Belle Ding >>> Ding! wrote: >>> >>>> [image: FECE4CC1-CCA6-48D0-A2BA-33437A674267.jpeg]I have a white >>>> leather Rivet on my raspberry Platypus! It is shorter, but also that means >>>> it cheats you of some setback on your seatpost. I love it for comfort >>>> though. Rivet Sonora. >>>> >>>> Leah >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 5:38:32 PM UTC-5 Roberta wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think Rivet has some shorter nosed saddles, too. Good reputation. >>>>> I've never ridden one, though. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 10:33:00 AM UTC-5 Linda G wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for all the good ideas. That Berthoud Marie Blanque looks >>>>>> good: leather with the shorter length I like. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 6:03:36 AM UTC-8 sof...@gmail.com >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On my platypus (soon to be on my Clem), I've tried the B17 regular, >>>>>>> B17 special, B67s, and have settled on the speedy but comfier to me >>>>>>> Gilles >>>>>>> Berthoud Marie Blanque. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 11:38:16 PM UTC-5 Nick Payne wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> After having tried quite a number of different saddles over the >>>>>>>> years, my wife has the Selle Italia Lady Gel flow saddle (in the 160mm >>>>>>>> wide >>>>>>>> L size) on all her bikes: >>>>>>>> https://www.selleitalia.com/en/saddles/lady-gel-flow-s/. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Nick >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- 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/0a4109a2-77ce-45b8-a178-3e60f7983237n%40googlegroups.com.
