Switch it to a C17. I’ve never liked the leather Brooks saddles: hard, slippery, and uncomfortable. But I picked up a used C17, and it fixes all of those issues. The frame is much nicer as well—looks like a nice cast piece with saddle loops, vs the rough stamping of the B17.
Eric On Sunday, May 18, 2025, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends, > > My Brooks B67S saddle…the wide saddle with springs…was squeaking so > distractingly much that I decided to try the B17S (no springs), and OUCH. > So stiff! > > I had a B17 many years ago and don’t remember it being so stiff, but I > rode lots more then and perhaps I broke it in quickly. My previous B17 was > on my Atlantis, which is set up with mustache handlebars, so I wasn’t > riding entirely upright…the new saddle is on my Platypus with Choco > handlebars, so I sit more upright on it, and I have a feeling my sitbones > hit differently on the Platy. > > Anyway, I’m not getting any younger, and I wonder if there’s a cheating > way to soften it up. I’ve been thinking of taking a mallet to it. > > Liz in Cincinnati > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/341ec4cb-75ec-4f1d-b6ee- > 9e7a711f893fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/341ec4cb-75ec-4f1d-b6ee-9e7a711f893fn%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5AUWp1j_JWg9MUeuZ8ibAZ1novpkO%2BuqeLV2U%3D-NsJVnQ%40mail.gmail.com.
