Quote Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl View Post
Furthermore, I learned that for me it was a mistake to try and level the saddle by placing the level across the top, but rather have the nose be level. The bike shop guy explained that is cuz on a brooks you want your sit bones supported higher up than your soft tissues, which is why the saddle has that shape in the first place. AAAAh, that's what I get for buying my saddle online, but I didn't learn until last week that I even had a local Brooks dealer! I had been riding with it tilted like this based on comfort, but was worried it was a bad thing since some books like Pruit's say if your saddle isn't perfectly level it can mean a bad bike fit. I also found that if I drop the saddle too low, so the nose is pointing down even a bit, then I get shoulder pain, and even soft tissue pain from pushing back up, but level or just a tiny bit up on the nose (which looks quite down sloping from the rear) is PERFECT. So, be sure to experiment with both your saddle angle and set back.
That's really helpful. I have a Brooks Finesse with about the same mileage. In the beginning I tried to make the saddle level. (I had been told that if the nose is down you slip forward putting pressure on the neck- and in the case of the Terry saddles I was using at the time, this was true.) With the Brooks I was in complete agony (too much pressure up front). I finally broke down and tilted the nose down 2 degrees and things were so much better. I'll have to get the level back out and see if the front half is level.