I purchased a Surly Cross Check off Ebay, and have been thrilled with the bike! However, I'm a little less thrilled with the B17S that came with the bike. I really want to like Brooks saddles, and think this one might just be a bad fit for me. I ride Terry Butterfly saddles on all of my other bikes, and I do like them, but not well enough to automatically put one on this bike.

The B17S just seems too short to me. The nose seems to not come far enough forward, and thus things don't feel like they're hitting in the right place (or rather, the nose seems to jam up places it shouldn't). The width seems OK, judging from where I see the sit bone spots after riding. I probably could go slightly narrower. Anyone else found this saddle too short? Any ideas as to other Brooks that might work (I'd probably order from Wallingford)? I'd prefer not super expensive, so I was thinking of just trying the regular B17 (it's almost as wide, but about 4cm longer).

Thanks!

CA