I don’t know but if anyone can get one in black, and ia willing I can swap a VGC one + $$ in honey or brown. I’d like a black one. Two, actually.
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 6:44:16 AM UTC-4 maxcr wrote: > Does anyone know what’s the price for a B68 if you buy it with a > frame/bike at Riv? > > Thanks > Max > > On Aug 30, 2023, at 12:21 AM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Smitty, your description of how you sit on a Brooks sounds like you don't > have the nose high enough. I had the same problem for ages until I took a > cue from Rich @ Riv (the wheelbuilder) and pointed mine way up. The trick - > which is admittedly very hard to tolerate long enough for it to work - is > too start with it so high that it feels weird..then don't touch it. Keep > riding like 10 miles and and you may find it feels great and you're sitting > near the center of the saddle. If not, drop it a very minor amount and do a > few more miles that way. > > > > On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 4:15:53 PM UTC-7 pbsm...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I always find myself (uncomfortably) sitting far back on Brooks and >> similar saddles, on the rivits or hard support structure. Or I find myself >> sliding into the nose. I wonder if the wider and slightly more modern shape >> of this new RBW saddle would be helpful. Not running bars above saddle >> height though. >> >> Smitty in DC >> >> On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 5:03:26 AM UTC-4 Roberta wrote: >> >>> Thank you, Kim. This is so interesting to me. I find the B-17’s and >>> other saddles of similar width, like the Selle Anatomica, to be a bit too >>> narrow. Currently I’m happy riding B67 on my commuter and in-town bike, >>> and B68s on my Rivs, However, I’d like to have a less fancy saddle on >>> my commuter, as I’m nervous about locking it up. >>> >>> Roberta >>> Philadelphia >>> >>> On Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 9:47:42 PM UTC-4 krhe...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I found this on the sub-Reddit site r/xbiking; >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/xbiking/comments/161zcw8/looks_like_rivs_new_plastic_saddle_is_coming_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=10&utm_content=1&rdt=63131 >>>> >>>> Looks interesting with possibilities. >>>> >>>> Kim Hetzel >>>> Yelm, WA. >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/sg0a5c4Fl90/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e6dca3cb-f790-45ff-b565-bb184b8257cen%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e6dca3cb-f790-45ff-b565-bb184b8257cen%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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/1873a0ef-f8d6-431a-975e-0b6a9083af96n%40googlegroups.com.
