Brooks Saddles - anyone cut a hole in theirs?

Here, I stole one of the images from the bikeforums thread for your discussion:

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Well, I did my metric century on the B17 today and it went okay. It's amazing how a long ride can help show setup issues that aren't apparent on a shorter ride.

First, I had the saddle too far back. Probably because it's so slippery (new) and that makes me slide back when I push on the pedals, so I thought it needed to be farther back (wrong). I also had the saddle too high. I finally realized that I probably shouldn't be feeling such a distinct pressure on my sit bones - left side, right side, left side, right side, on every pedal stroke.

Also, I had loosened the tension screw a bit, to help break it in faster since I'm kind of a lightweight. This turned out to be *very* comfy on my sit bones, but I was not comfortable with the pressure up front. Finally it dawned on me that if my sit bones were sinking farther down, of course I would feel more pressure up front. So I tighted it a little, and the front got a lot more comfortable (but, unfortunately, that was a little hard on my sit bones).

I survived the ride and my sit bones are a bit sore, but not as bad as my previous saddle, the Specialized Jett. I certainly didn't want to ride any further on the saddle today. Hopefully, I'll feel better tomorrow. Anyway, maybe I won't feel like cutting it out at all, once it's set up properly.

Jenn

for your first metric century, you should be a little tiny bit sore. But you fixed a lot of stuff, sound great!