First ride on my Brooks B17, ouch.

[mimitabby]

years ago I used to fantasize about velcro on my pants to keep me from sliding!
now that i am in the right place, i don't slip and slide at all... at least i don't notice it.

[CyclaSutra]

OK, but does this sound like the eighth circle of hell to anybody else? I am so sorry that your bits are so bothersome with the Brookses... it makes me never want to try one, even though they look so cool.

On my road bike, I've had a Terry Butterfly saddle for the past 2 years, and except for 80+ mile rides, it's great! At more than 80, the foam seems to squish down and be really uncomfortable on the sit bones, but I only do a half-dozen or so centuries a year, so I've dealt with "almost there!" standing up on the pedals, etc.

I had a WSD gelly cutout thing on my old mountain bike, and at six years old, it's getting really mushy but is still comfy.

In the interest of trying to get "the perfect" saddle, I did try a couple of Koobis that I couldn't figure out how to make comfortable at all.

It seems like you've just had really bad luck thus far! I hope your bits get better soon, and try some chamois cream and just ONE pair of shorts, maybe.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Sutra,
You should keep in mind that this thread is addressing a couple of women who are having trouble getting their Brooks saddles to be comfy for them. It's not a thread about how great Brooks saddles feel. If you started a thread on "How do you like your Brooks saddle?" you'd likely get a lot of happy campers replying. There are quite a few Brooks saddle fans on TE.

[CyclaSutra]

Lisa, I get it.

It just seems sort of like the all-leather pair of hiking boots I got when I first moved out West. Cool, retro, slick, authentic-looking. Awesome, right? But they never fit right and I was always sitting down to bandage my blisters after the first mile or two of a hike. Three years later, I got some synthetic fabric boots that fit, and rarely a blister since.

Everybody's feet are different, just as everybody's body is different. I was just trying to make the point that maybe if a saddle's not working after weeks of fiddling, it's time to try a totally different approach.

Like I said, they look really cool and I wouldn't totally discount them. I'd love to try a Brooks, but probably only if I found one on super-sale!

Good luck, girls!

[jobob]

I'd love to try a Brooks, but probably only if I found one on super-sale!

Except if you bought one full-price at Wallingford, you would have 6 months to try it out, and if you didn't like it, you could return it.

Where on earth can you find a more lenient, more risk-free return policy than that?

It never ceases to amaze me how more people don't take advantage of that.