I have had the same experience. I used a b-17 on my Curtlo ( now sold) about 1 inch blow the saddle... only time it felt ok was sitting up climbing, I took it off after a week. When I got my new Hillborne and tried it with the bars level with the saddle... voila... I was instantly comfortable with really no break in period.
I guess I'll have to see what to do with the new Coho when I get the rest of the parts and build it. I own a regal that I was using on the Curtlo. Guess I'll try that 1st. ~Mike~ On Mar 19, 5:01 pm, Dustin Sharp <paleo.v...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
