Cecily, Congratulations on the strong recovery! FWIW, and noting I am not a Chica Warrior, my wife could never get comfortable on traditional saddles. They caused discomfort in "sensitive areas" etc... I bought her a Spiderflex saddle to try. http://spiderflex.com/index.php?page=women-cyclists
She loves it and swears it is the only saddle that has allowed her to ride pain free. Being hornless there are trade-offs: she has less control with her inner thighs and has to guide/steer the bike more with her arms, it puts a bit more weight on her arms/hands, and it looks unconventional. She, however, doesn't care as it allows her to ride relatively pain free and any saddle soreness occurs on the back of her thighs where she doesn't mind putting up with it until the skin toughens up each spring. She rides in an upright position using albatross bars. I believe the company is Canadian and might have a greater retail presence in Vancouver than they do in the USA. Best wishes, Erl PS: photos of my wife's bike with the saddle here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjKCXJSY On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 5:51:06 PM UTC-4, Cecily Walker wrote: > > Now that I'm riding my bike more (thanks, knee surgery!) I've noticed that > my Brooks B67S saddle isn't as comfortable as it used to be. Maybe it's > because I need to toughen up my tuchus more, but I can barely ride to work > comfortably, and it only takes me about 15 minutes to get to work on > average. > > I've tried tilting the saddle up and tilting it down, but no matter what I > try, my sit bones and....er...sensitive areas really hurt after a few > minutes. Chica warriors, have any of you ever experienced this? Is a > different Brooks model the answer? I ride upright and have Bosco bars on my > Betty Foy. I'm also a heavyweight, so I'm skeptical about riding around > town (or anywhere) on a saddle that isn't sprung. > > Thanks for the help! > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
