Soon-to-be Brooks Convert

[Melalvai]

I look forward to hearing your opinion, and how long many miles it takes to break in.

[SLash]

I hope I love it too, if so, it will be the first time I've liked, let along loved a saddle.

Fingers crossed.

It is supposed to be here tomorrow, after I've had a chance to ride with it a few times I'll post.

Susan

[SLash]

but, it's raining so no riding yet.

It's very pretty, I like the look of the aged leather. I compared it to my other saddles on my Jamis and other bikes and it's bigger (wider, slightly shorter but not much) than all of those so a good sign.

I have been reading the Anne Mustoe books and have just fallen in love/in awe of her. I wish I had known about her before she died. As a tribute to her I renamed my Jamis Aurora, Condor, the bike she did most of her trips on (China made her buy a bike there on her 2nd trip).

So how appropriate it is that I have an English made saddle on my Condor.

When it came this morning and I took it out of the box I couldn't quit smiling. My husband reminded me I have talked for years about getting a Brooks. I'm glad I took the leap and all I hope is my butt loves it!

I'll keep you posted.

[Biciclista]

SLash, I am interested in the Anne Mustoe books. Which one was your favorite? I was thinking of buying one for my husband and I to read. He's going to Italy next year to do a long long ride... which would you suggest?

[SLash]

SLash, I am interested in the Anne Mustoe books. Which one was your favorite? I was thinking of buying one for my husband and I to read. He's going to Italy next year to do a long long ride... which would you suggest?

I'm reading them in order, about to finish her second. I like them both, but of the two I would pick the first one.

Here is a link to list of her books and brief summary. Weird, I just checked the link and it looks like her website is gone? This is a blogpost I wrote on her and near the end it lists her books, if you're interested.
http://susanlash.blogspot.com/2010/0...and-round.html

The first book is, The Bike Ride. I loved it.

Susan

[SLash]

It was a short ride, only 4 or 5 miles in neighborhood, but during it I made 3 different adjustments to the position of the saddle. Lowering it a tad (mainly because it is higher than my other saddle), reducing the tension slightly (as recommended by Bill from WB) and tipping the nose down.

The first time on it I immediately noticed my sit bones were sitting on the saddle. Success #1.

Later I noticed my soft tissue was shall we say between a *rock and a hard place* Not good. I also could barely get to the brake hoods, much less the drops because of the pain.

Where I left off after making all the adjustments noted above was okay. That's all I expected consideing it's a Brooks.

BTW, it is a B17s aged leather. I went back and forth for over a week about the B17 and B17s, finally deciding on the s because of that little extra width. The short-ness of it doesn't seem to be an issue but then I haven't been very far.

We leave 2 weeks from this Friday to ride the Katy Trail across Missouri. I plan to ride with it then if it will stop raining long enough for me to get some miles on it.

Any advice is appreciated.

Susan

[Tri Girl]

I wish I had some advice for you. I've only ridden my new B18 about 10 miles total, but it's not *the* saddle for me... yet (crossing fingers).
I've adjusted the height and the tilt (when it was level I felt like I was slipping forward too much and had to keep scooting back.
I didn't think about adjusting the tension- that's a good tip.

Have you played with forward/aft position yet?