My theory (supported by some reading I've done) is that the muscles in the butt build up from riding, making for less soreness over the "sit bones" with time. I have a B17S on my Rivish bike and have found it to be comfortable from the start for the sit bones but I had to get the tilt and setback just right for comfort in other areas. I briefly tried a Terry women's touring saddle before the Brooks and my sit bones hurt like crazy no matter what I did. Now I have a new bike and since I already had the Terry saddle, I put it on. No sit bone discomfort at all. Both bikes have handlebars an inch or two above seat height. I had been riding regularly since I first put the Terry on the Rivish bike so I think I had just built up some muscles. So my advice is to play with the saddle adjustment. Maybe it got out of whack while you were not riding. Then just give it a try for awhile as you build your muscles back up.
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 2:51:06 PM UTC-7, 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 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.
