Saddle question

[SadieKate]

No WAY would I want a Brooks on a mountain bike! You have to be able to get off the back of the bike which means being able to get behind the saddle so its best to have a narrower saddle. You also need a longer saddle so you can sit far forward for steep climbs. And the hardware hanging all over a Brooks would put significant gouges in me or my shorts. Ow. Not that they aren't fine for the road.

I use a WTB Stealth. Is that right, TrekHawk? They keep changing the saddle names. Yellow uses a WTB rocket (I think). Many WTB saddles have slight downturned noses which help reduce chamois suck.

I wouldn't recommend the Speed V as it's so short.

[Veronica]

I have a Terry butterfly on my mountain bike. I HATE it for the first 20 minutes of every ride and then I don't notice it.

I have thought about trying a Brooks on it - I have the one from our tandem, but haven't gotten around to it.

V.

[Aint Doody]

OK, I have a Jett that I'm not using on my road bike. It's narrower and longer but not quite as comfortable as my Terry Falcon X. Maybe I'll try it on the mt. bike.

[tattiefritter]

I use the same saddle on all my bikes as I found one I liked and was happy to stick with it and it works well on and off road. I agree with SadieKate in that you need a saddle you can get off the back of but is also long enough to move forward on (I've struggled with stupidly short and wide women's saddles in the past).

I ride a men's flite gelflow, nice and long and very supportive of the sitbones and no soft tissue problems. I've found the length of it beneficial on the road bike as well as it allows me to move around a bit as coming from an MTB background I'm not used to sitting in the same position for long periods.

My friend uses a Jett (a 130mm one) on her MTB and really likes it. I really liked it as well as it was lovely and narrow and didn't at all get in the way of my "sporty" thighs but I couldn't justify buying more saddles.

[Aint Doody]

Thanks for all y'all's input! I think I will put the Jett on the mt. bike. Now I just need some marginally decent weather..........

[mimitabby]

Thanks for all y'all's input! I think I will put the Jett on the mt. bike. Now I just need some marginally decent weather..........

what do you mean? We've had great weather!

[Veronica]

Mountain biking usually requires that the ground be a bit drier. You don't want to rip up the trails.

V.