[RBW] Re: Sit Bone Width and Saddles

2024-03-01 Thread ascpgh
I've found that the dynamic of a saddle is as important as the sit bone width consideration and close to both of those is the longitudinal dimension of your ideal sit bone stance. When you sit on the saddle with those two points of your pelvis the force applied is way more than your thumbs whe

Re: [RBW] Re: Sit Bone Width and Saddles

2024-02-29 Thread Jay
Thanks for the thoughts, and humour ;-) Josiah - I had a Pro saddle a couple years ago, it was okay, but didn't work on that particular bike at the time (wish I still had it). Ted - I noticed the Soma Ensho a month ago when scanning saddles (brown ones, for the Riv) and I didn't see availabilit

Re: [RBW] Re: Sit Bone Width and Saddles

2024-02-29 Thread Toshi Takeuchi
Rivet saddles used to allow you to try a bunch of their saddles before you chose one to keep. I'm not sure if they are doing that nowadays... Toshi On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 1:45 PM George Schick wrote: > The trouble is that experimenting around with these different saddle > widths, lengths, "sc

[RBW] Re: Sit Bone Width and Saddles

2024-02-29 Thread George Schick
The trouble is that experimenting around with these different saddle widths, lengths, "scoops," or whatever in order to find the right fit can run into a lot of money. Most of these saddles, Brooks especially, aren't cheap and having to buy and try one only to find that it doesn't work for you

Re: [RBW] Re: Sit Bone Width and Saddles

2024-02-29 Thread Ted Durant
On Feb 29, 2024, at 1:21 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:" It's 275mm wide,"That's probably the length, not the width.  :)Yup. Shouldn’t try to make rushed posts before getting on a plane. It’s 140mm wide BL in ECOn Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 8:39:54 AM UTC-8 Ted Durant wrote:On Wednesday, February 28

[RBW] Re: Sit Bone Width and Saddles

2024-02-29 Thread Bill Lindsay
" It's 275mm wide," That's probably the length, not the width. :) BL in EC On Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 8:39:54 AM UTC-8 Ted Durant wrote: > On Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 6:45:42 PM UTC-6 Jay wrote: > > I'll preface this by saying I know saddles are highly subjective, and what > wor

[RBW] Re: Sit Bone Width and Saddles

2024-02-29 Thread Ted Durant
On Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 6:45:42 PM UTC-6 Jay wrote: I'll preface this by saying I know saddles are highly subjective, and what works for one may not work for you. What I wanted to ask about is "general thinking". Just wanting to confirm some thoughts I've had about this... Saddle