For me at least, anything more than an inch or so and I had a hard time getting comfy on a B17, no matter how much I played with tilt. Most of my bikes have close to two inches of drop.
Set up with a set of albatross bars and a more upright position, the same B-17 genital torture device became quite pleasant to ride. When you can get it right, nothing is more comfy than a Brooks. I'm tempted to try one of the new Berthoud saddles to see if that works better than the B-17 with about 2 inches of S-t-B drop. Dustin > From: Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> > Reply-To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:53:41 -0400 > To: <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: What's the right saddle for a Roadeo? > > On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 16:19 -0700, Dustin Sharp wrote: >> I don't know how anyone can bear to ride a B-17 with even modest >> saddle-to-bar drop. > > How small qualifies as "modest"? > > >> That hard nose just digs into your nether regions like >> nothing else! I don't know if things like the Swallow are better in this >> regard. Narrower in the back, but still rock hard in the front, no? > > Brooks saddles don't work for everyone, but they do work for many. The > Team Pro works very well with low bars, and its nose is no softer than > that of the B.17. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW > Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
