I find it a bit funny that we never hear about the Berthoud saddles any more. I guess most folks realized that a Brooks/Rivet/SA is more comfortable for most people. However, even a used Berthoud goes for not much less than near new price. Would be interesting to try one as I tend to like saddles a bit on the firm side.
Years ago, I found a 1978 B17 on ebay for $32. I really wanted to try one out without the break-in period. It was like putting on an old pair of bluejeans. Being of thicker leather that Brooks used back then, it is still going strong (it's on my coffee shop bike, ridden 3-5 miles a few times a week in nice weather - never rain!). Hope to get a C17 soon as I can find one on sale or have a coupon. Cheers, Bill in Roswell, GA On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 1:22:48 AM UTC-5, Surlyprof wrote: > > I received an email from Selle Anatomica that all their saddles were on > sale for $99 during the holidays. I had thought about the X-series in the > past to replace my B17. The goal was to get a saddle with a cutout. > Others I had been considering were the Brooks C17 Carved and the Rivet > Pearl. I like the Rivet and don't know much about the C17 carved but was > wondering if the SA was worth trying while it is $50-60 less. I've read > people raving about the Rivet saddles here but also thought I remember some > people complaining about the SA saddles sagging pretty quickly. Any > thoughts comparing these 3 choices? > > Thanks, > John > -- 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.
