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Hey xeney,

I hear that the Team Pro has thicker leather than the B17, so it takes a little longer for people to get comfortable on it.

If I were you, I'd try adjusting the position and giving...

Kitsune,

You might be crooked. I know I am! (Hey, no comments from the peanut gallery.) :p

Most people have a slight leg length discrepancy (a mm or two). Some of us have larger leg length...

I'm using padded shorts for breaking in the Brooks.

My road bike has the B17S, and it's feeling pretty darned good! It has 9 rides and 140 miles on it. I haven't tried using non-padded shorts...

In fact, I love it so much that I finally decided that I needed a Brooks saddle for my mountain bike, which I use for riding on a very flat, non-technical trail after work.

I tried the B17S on...

Kitsune,

The measurements on wallbikes.com are taken from the outer edges of the saddles.

Honestly, I think you can get away with the narrow saddle. How wide is your current saddle?

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Just for fun, here are some more pics of the B17S Brooks Saddle on a Trek 5200 WSD road bike. For the detail oriented folks, the bike is 47cm with 650 wheels.

Black leather with silver hardware...

Kitsune,

Wow, you're made of stronger stuff than I am. Yanking or tearing ... :eek: Well, hopefully the cobblestones make it all worthwhile. :D

Ahem, anyway, I'd forgotten to mention that...

Kitsune06,

Dang, girl, if you can handle a hood pierce, I'm thinkin' the hot-n-numb feeling in the girlie bits will not be a problem for you! :eek:

OTOH, for mountain biking, you might...

I have gone on two (count 'em, 2!) test rides with my new Brooks B17S saddle on my Trek 5200 road bike. Somewhere it said to keep the initial rides kind of short, so I've only gone a grand total of...

Yup, and so's my roommate! ;)



A B17S. In basic black.

KnottedYet, I've been meaning to tell you that the saddle looks really cool on your Kona. Thanks for posting the pic.

-- Melissa

I got my Brooks saddle yesterday -- a day before it was due to arrive. Wallingford Bikes rocks!

I proofhided it (top & bottom), read all the docs that came with it, and put it on my bike. It...

Ahem, slight thread hijack follows, but it would be rude to not answer Amy's question. ;)

Amy,

It's a Bianchi Limited. Mine has an 18" frame, which was one of the few bikes that fit me @ 5'...

Mimitabby,

Actually, it looks quite good on your Bianchi! Your pic was one of the factors in my deciding to give the Brooks a try, so thanks for posting it!

The thing is, though, that I...

I have ordered a B17S from Bill at www.wallbike.com. It should ship on Monday and I'll get it by the end of next week.

I'm curious to see how this will work for me -- my sit bones are fine on my...