Brooks Saddle? Yes! But I need help!

[Andrea]

I have a b17 champion special on my commuter that feels like my bones rub the rails. I'm convinced that you just gotta go wide with the Brooks! On any non-Brooks, I can go as narrow as 145mm and the width feels fine. Luckily, I'm getting indigoiis's old wide one to replace the commuter's B17

[Jewell]

Goodness CA_in_NC, I completely forgot to re-read the thread. If you can't tell, I was up awfully late when I posted last night. Regarding the B17S and Team Pro S saddle, the Wallingford site it says the B17 is 170mm wide and the B17S+Team Pro S are 177mm wide... I can see how that wouldn't be much wider at all considering you need roughly 20mm of clearance.

But(t tee hee) I have such a lovely warranty, I'm going to try the Team Professional S (177mm) next and if that doesn't work I'll try the B68 since KnottedYet had good luck with it in a similar set-up to mine. I just wish the B68 had copper rails, I'm getting all caught up in the rail colour.

Oh and Jennrod12 good luck with the B.17S with Wallingford you can't go wrong!

[Veronica]

I have the Finesse on both my bikes. I love it.

V.

[mudmucker]

Am I missing something on the Brooks website. I see that the Team Professional S is only in 170 mm, not 177 mm, as well as the Finesse.

[Veronica]

From Wallingford (wallbike.com)

Titanium rail saddle designed specifically for women. Shorter and wider than the Swift.
This is essentially the ti-railed version of the Professional S.
Size: 177 X 245mm

My Finesse measures what Wallingford says.

V.

[Jewell]

There does seem to be a discrepancy somewhere along the way.

Wallingford:
Team Professional S
177x245
Fitness
177x245

Brooks England:
Team Professional S
170x245
Fitness
170x245

But just out of curiosity, I'm gonna line up all the saddles discussed so our eyes can do the judging. Measurements off www.brooksengland.com

B17 Special:
Width: 170mm
Length: 280mm


B 17 S:
Width: 177mm
Length: 245mm


Team Professional:
Width: 160mm
Length: 260mm


Team Professional S:
Width: 170mm
Length: 245mm


Fitness:
Width: 170mm
Length: 245mm



Who knows how they decide to measure the width saddles, but there's definately a difference in shape.

Speculations...

[Jewell]

Ok, that whole post had pictures of the brooks saddles.... it worked just fine on the preview, and had to be "approved", which took two days. How frustrating.

[Jewell]

Well I found this site and I'm going to go looking for a shorter head stem to begin with. We'll see how that pans out.