Brooks B68 and B68S

[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.

[mimitabby]

I think it was triskelion. Yeah, there's no cut outs on my car seat, my office chair, etc...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I ordered a B68 today, to replace my B17S.
Though I have been comfortable on my B17S for 10 months now, I have found it to be a little on the narrow side for my sitbones. My sitbone dents are sort of half within and half on the underframe on the sides of the saddle. I know the slightly wider B68 will give me about another 1" in width at the sitbone area and is bound to be even MORE comfortable, so I am going for it.
The only difference between the B68 and the B68S is that the S has a shorter nose for women riders supposedly. Can't imagine why I would need a shorter nosed saddle, unless I was wearing a dress maybe? Interestingly, they are both equally wide in the back. The main reason I went with the non-S B68 though is because along with the longer nose, the straight section of the rails underneath will be 1/2" or so longer, giving me the added rail length I need for clamping on the Bagman saddlbag support I ordered to hold up my Little Joe and my Nelson saddlebags.
Cant wait to try out the new saddle!

[KnottedYet]

Let us know how it is!

I've been eyeing the B68, cuz it doesn't have springs. My finances have taken a huge nose-dive so I won't be buying one. (I was gonna get a B68 for Flossie and put the B67 back on the commuter.)

I still love my Brooks! And someday (when I get a new job or a 2nd job or win the lottery) I'll get another one.

[stella]

I ordered a B68 today, to replace my B17S.

LisaSH, are you selling the B17s?
I'm interested...need a new one for my beater bike...
pm me