I've found it's a mix between anatomy and bike posture. If you have narrower sit bones (ischial tuberosities) and/or have a more forward leaning bike posture, then you may be better off with a narrower saddle. If you have wider sit bones and/or have a more upright bike posture then you may be better off with a wider saddle. I started with a b17 and found it didn't work for me for longer days on my drop-bar bikes, and I moved to a b17n. I then found the b17 worked fine for me on my upright bar bikes. At some point I moved on to the Brooks Cambium c17 saddle, which I believe is in between the b17 and b17n in width, and it works great for me for upright and forward-leaning bike posture.
-Jeff Silver Spring, MD On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 3:45 PM, Greg Beachy <craftsmantools...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. I’ve decided to get a Brooks B17 for my Sam, however, I’m not sure > if I should go with the B17 or the B17 narrow. I’m interested in knowing if > height and weight make a difference or is it simply personal preference? > Any information, advice and sharing of experiences will be appreciated. > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
