Quote Originally Posted by xeney View Post
Those are not your only two options, though. There are a lot of non-Brooks saddles you could try. I ride Brooks saddles on several of my bikes but I use a Fizik Vitesse on my road bike, and I love it. I ride a Selle Royale (? I think) Viper on my mountain bike and love it, too.

I think a Brooks would look a little ridiculous on a Ruby, and it's not necessarily the best option for that bike for the reasons you suggest, plus I think there are better options for any bike where you are not in a very upright position when you ride. So why not let your LBS give you some other options to try? You can always try a Brooks later if nothing else works out.
Well the original poster was asking specifically about Brooks saddles. But you're right, no harm in trying out some non-Brooks saddles too! One thing I would suggest though is to first try to make sure you can return the saddles you try out if they don't feel good....as opposed to just buying one after another. I read about lots of women who are stuck with whole collections of uncomfortable saddles they have 'tried out'.