Brooks B68 and B68S

[Nokomis]

I'm not xl - the seat felt too short note to end to give me room to scoot around. It definately felt too hard, but the only thing feeling anything was the sit bones... and no matter if I scooted forward or back I always felt like I was hitting the edge.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Sounds to me like you are not used to feeling all your weight on your sitbones. Is that possibly what the issue is?

[Nokomis]

sharp pain? and that being the only part of the body that feels like it is touching the saddle?

[mimitabby]

and do you have padded shorts?
Do your sitting bones hurt when you sit on a wooden chair?

[Nokomis]

padded shorts - yep
wooden chairs - the only one I've had to sit on is my dining set, and those have a nice concave seat that is comfortable to sit on. I've toned up the ol' backside quite a bit over the last few months - not a lot back there to give cush (lol - actually, look a bit like the flying girl in my avatar)

Unless it's raining like mad when I get home, I'll get back out on the bike try to find more intelligent words to use and spend time making adjustments. I think I lost my patience last night ~ yay pms + allergy overload.
Appreciate the questions

[Nokomis]

trying to upload a pic of what i'm feeling where - trying veryhard to give this thing a go. From where my bony rear is hitting the seat, not a lot of forward/aft room for adjustments before I run out of saddle.

[KnottedYet]

I find it very hard to believe your sits are wider than mine, so my guess is that you need to slide the saddle farther back on the rails? (far as I know, I have the widest sits of anyone who has posted on the board) Or maybe your sits just aren't used to the pressure?

Have you planted yourself on the saddle and put your fingers under your sits to get a good idea of where you are hitting?

The B67 was quite hard to start with, but I could definitely feel it under my sits and NO WHERE else. Which was an amazing relief for my softer tissues. Took me a couple rides to get it into the perfect position. You have 6 months from Wallingford to try it out, no harm done.

(really dumb question: is the saddle you recieved really a B68? Is it really a B68 and not a B68S?)