The issue may also be the saddle width. A standard B-17 is really painful to me but a B-17N or narrow works much better. The Sele Italia Rolls is another one that I find to be really comfortable
You may just have a little narrower bone structure than other people On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Christopher Paul <[email protected]>wrote: > > Ultimately I found this a trial and error process. I started with a > B-17 and it was reasonably comfortable for under 50 mile rides. > Unbearably painful over that "trip wire" distance. I found the Terry > Liberator Y to be the most comfortable all day saddle and have it on > most of my bikes (its even more comfortable than the more expensive > "fly" version). Recently I bought a single speed bike for around town > errands and it came with an "aged" B-17 saddle which is amazingly > comfortable. It comes with tethered lacing which actually changes the > geometry in a very subtle way. But the difference for me makes a > world of difference! All I can say is you really don't know until it > passes the "ride it all day, for 3 days test". I tried about 18 > different saddles. Final word, thank god for e-bay! > > Cheers, > Chris > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:35 PM, avillage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Howdy. This is a bit embarassing and here goes anyway. I cycle commute > > to work each day on my Bleriot with a Brooks B-17. The saddle was > > reasonably comfortable and I thought it would break in and do the job. > > Previously, I'd ridden an Avocet O2 for years, a wonderful saddle, > > nearly as wide as the B-17, comfy, just right. They are no more, I > > think, after a long search. Anyway, I rode throughout this year > > noticing that the B-17 just wasn't that comfortable for me. Then, > > recently, I get this small "knot" on my butt right just in front of > > the sits bones that is not terribly painful against the saddle. Red in > > color, etc. I just returned from a hiking trip in the West and the > > knot is much smaller. Upon returning, I make a trip to the doc (not > > just for the know, but a 20,000 mile tune-up), she looks at the knot > > and believes it nothing, probably caused by the hard saddle. > > > > Ok, so now what to do...the B-17 has not been totally comfortable and > > not that bad, either and it may be causing me a physical problem. > > Maybe not. And, I don't really like saddle shopping because the > > finding the "right" saddle is a function of "how does it compare to > > the Avocet. I'd love to hear some thoughts on this and get some other > > saddle ideas. > > > > Thanks all. > > > > > > > > > -- Fai Mao The Blogger who sometimes responds to comments --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
