i have a berthoud on my QB, and overall i'm happy with it. as others mention it is narrower, they are rock hard (you think brooks are hard? HA!) and even after 2 years of riding mine is still really hard. personally i have one because i wanted something different from brooks (i've ridden a B17 for 10+ years), for me the berthoud does not do anything 'better' then a b17, and you can argue it's worst since it's not as comfortable (for me).
sorry i don't mean to sound like i'm against berthoud, i like what the do (have a few of their bags), and the quality, build of the saddle is nice, no problems there. but they are not a direct replacement for a brooks. to be fair i know some folks really like the stiffness of the berthouds, typically those are the people that complain that brooks feel like hammocks. On Wednesday, April 2, 2014 1:07:09 AM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Anyone here have experience with Berthoud Saddles? From what I can tell > they are thicker, better quality, and more comfortable than Brooks are, > sounding like what people say of Brooks from 30 years ago. Boulder cycles > also has a 6 month saddle guarantee, which is attractive. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* > *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
