Brooks B68 and B68S

[KnottedYet]

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?

[mimitabby]

I wonder what they're like without the springs?

[KnottedYet]

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.....

[mimitabby]

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.

[KnottedYet]

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).

[mimitabby]

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.

[Trek420]

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.

uh oh, they have a leather saddle now, and it's on TE

[mimitabby]

Nice, it looks like my Dh's Selle Anatomica.

[Trek420]

yes, only smaller 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.

[mimitabby]

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.

[KnottedYet]

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!

[emily_in_nc]

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

[mimitabby]

Emily! that saddle is off the website! My DH's saddle is actually red.

[emily_in_nc]

Emily! that saddle is off the website! My DH's saddle is actually red.

Oh, that's funny! They have a dimpled saddle in their ad! I wonder if they come that way, for your sitbones to just fit right into (and if they don't fit....hmmmmm???)

Thanks for the clarification!

Emily

[KnottedYet]

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.