Re: [RBW] Is there a shortcut way to soften up my Brooks B17?

[Mike Rossi]

I have a new saddle that I’m going to experiment with. I’ll loosen the tension bolt all the way. Then Proofide the underside. Then I‘ll massage and push around in the general vicinity of where my sit bones would be with a baseball for about 15 minutes or so every night for a week. I just started with it tonight, so I’ll keep you informed.  The mallet sounds interesting, though. Mike On May 18, 2025, at 6:51 PM, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: 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, meti...@gmail.com <metil...@gmail.com> 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/341ec4cb-75ec-4f1d-b6ee-9e7a711f893fn%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5AUWp1j_JWg9MUeuZ8ibAZ1novpkO%2BuqeLV2U%3D-NsJVnQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/F718DAC5-5EED-4F0B-8430-3758D40796CB%40gmail.com.