Ohhhh, baby!
http://www.wallbike.com/b68.html
Anyone want to buy my very painfully uncomfortable Serfas Niva so I can get one of these?
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Ohhhh, baby!
http://www.wallbike.com/b68.html
Anyone want to buy my very painfully uncomfortable Serfas Niva so I can get one of these?
I wonder what they're like without the springs?
I don't know. I think the most important thing for my sit-bones is the width and the "T" shaped seat-top. With the seat-post on the Kona Commutermobile the noise factor may be important. But I do like the springs, and Phil's bearing grease did take care of the noise once I moved my B67 to the Waterford.
Since I already have a B67, I think taking a risk on the B68 would be pretty ok. Anybody wanna subsidize my little experiment? ;)
Ppppplleeeeeeezzzzz, someone buy my Serfas Niva.....
ha, you're funny.
But I wonder... You could be right that we don't need the springs. And the B17 i tried was just too narrow, so who knows, if it had been wide enough it might have worked?
I wonder if the 6 months are up on the b67 my DH didn't like. I will be needing a new saddle for my MONDONICO.
If he can't return his B67, would you consider selling it to me? Then you could buy a B68 on the Mondonico.
Trek says you need to buy a Selle Italia for the Mondonico (like she has).
Ah, Trek,
I am awfully loyal to Brooks, and I'm not sure the Selle Anatomica.. oh, you said Sella Italia. Uh, NOPE, sorry Trek, not going there. there's NO WAY
I am going to ride one of THOSE things.
All I can say is once you ride my Raleigh Cross, you're going to have a new opinion about saddles. The saddle on my Raleigh has a nickname. IT's called the spoiler.. you're never going to feel the same about saddles after you sit on that one. :rolleyes: :cool:
uh oh, they have a leather saddle now, and it's on TEQuote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
Nice, it looks like my Dh's Selle Anatomica.
http://www.selleanatomica.com/images/R0010582.JPG
yes, only smaller :p does he like it?
My commuter has a Planet Bike seat right now because the LBS sold outa the Sella last time I was in, acceptable for the commute but not for the longer rides I want to do on it.
He loves it because it feels like the brooks but is WATERPROOF.
and since he likes to be in the saddlle for HOURS (like 24 hours) he has already ruined 1 brooks.
The pear-shape of the Anatomica would kill me, and so would the cut-out. Funny how once you find the perfect saddle, nothing else will do!
It's so cute how your DH's sitbone dimples show up in that saddle, Mimi! It is obviously a very nice fit on him!
Emily
Emily! that saddle is off the website! My DH's saddle is actually red.
:o
Oh, that's funny! They have a dimpled saddle in their ad! :p I wonder if they come that way, for your sitbones to just fit right into (and if they don't fit....hmmmmm???)Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
Thanks for the clarification!
Emily
I read somewhere on their site that the saddles come pre-dimpled.
I'll stick with the orginal: Brooks. Though Selle An-Atomica did do a nice job of duplicating a Brooks, gotta give them credit for that. Do they last 30 years like Mimi's B67? Does the S A-A give out where the leather is unsupported because of the cut-out?
I don't remember who said it, or where on the board it was, (maybe it was LisaSH?) but someone said if a saddle really fits you, you won't need a cut-out because the right saddle will keep you from weightbearing on the soft tissues anyway.