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Well this got me curious and I checked out their website. You'd think they'd make sure that the image on their homepage utilized their saddles (it's quite obvious that they are not).
Other than that amusing blurb I have no useful info. Sorry.
You're very lucky to be able to test ride one. I have them on both my bikes and love them.
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Here's the picture I'm referring to.
http://www.selleanatomica.com/images...July%20057.jpg
The saddle in the foreground is white, the split goes all the way back, and it looks like what you may call a "standard racing saddle" type build. You can see the darker rails and saddle bag under it. Fizik is probably a good guess.
i stand corrected.
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Old Raleigh Mixte - Mitzi
Why would they show pictures of saddles that weren't their own? Interesting. I am going to "test sit" this afternoon, so time will tell. Am only considering a Brooks and this saddle.
Did your fitter use a "butt-o-meter?" How did he measure your sitbones? (I'm assuming the "11" he wrote down is cm)
One thing to be aware of with the (Women's B17) Brooks B17-S ("s" stands for short) is that the nose is much shorter than regular saddles so a woman's skirt won't get caught in it. People who like to control the bike with their thighs find it irritating to lose the nose.
I've ridden on my Brooks B67 (regular) in skirts without a problem. I rode a "S" (I can't remember which of the many Brooks models it was) once and felt like I was gonna crash because I couldn't control the bike with my thighs. Ask your fitter if he can work with Wallingford's 6 month saddle trial period or if he has loaner saddles you can try. www.wallbike.com Finding the right saddle can be an expensive undertaking, and with you just entering the wild world of saddlery, it'd be nice if you could try a few.
Last edited by KnottedYet; 02-25-2010 at 04:59 AM.
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