Tricks for keeping the 'bits' happy

[Thorn]

If I need 180 I'm going to assume 177 would be painful due to the plate and 210 just too wide.

Listen to Knotted. Never too wide.

That said, you questioned the cutout. When I finnaly broke down and bought the B68, I was hoping the lack of cutout wouldn't be a problem (I had been riding an SMP that was a skosh too narrow but had that awesome cutout). Nope.

At the time, there was no Imperial. I sent my brand new B68 to Selle Anatomica and had the leather reinforced and a slot cut into it. Bummer. It pinched.

Then I got out the drill and put holes in the sides and laced it up tight. Better. A little sand paper to fine tune the slot and I've got almost the perfect saddle.

When I first put the saddle on the bike, I got a lot of snickers about putting a cruiser saddle on my go-fast road bike. Now that it is broken in and the sit area is dented, the snickerers are silenced. Some of us do need that width (and given how many live on this board, I sometimes question those oft-quoted percentile numbers....but maybe I just don't like to be unusual). But I digress.

As to the OP....yeah, sometimes TE-ers can get a little over the top. But, with a few rare exceptions, they mean well.

[KnottedYet]

When I first put the saddle on the bike, I got a lot of snickers about putting a cruiser saddle on my go-fast road bike. Now that it is broken in and the sit area is dented, the snickerers are silenced.

That was the part I didn't expect: the cachet of the dented and worn leather saddle.

Even my beloved B67 with springs gets respect from folks who know bikes. Leather doesn't lie. If your leather saddle is broken-in and showing wear, then clearly that puppy is being ridden.

(my oldest Brooks B67 is only 5 years old. By the time it's 30 years old like Biciclista's B66, why that saddle will look REALLY cool!)

[malkin]

OP is not a registered user of TE. A guest.
Seems to me like weird internet behavior to stop by and disclose that much.

[KnottedYet]

OP is not a registered user of TE. A guest.
Seems to me like weird internet behavior to stop by and disclose that much.

If you delete an active account, it shows up as "guest" and "n/a"

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hmmm... Someone posts about their very painful problems while riding, and recommends some numbing/painkiller medications to solve it, among other tips. All fine and good.
Others suggest solutions that they think may help correct the underlying problems, rather than masking symptoms with medications or painkillers. I see it that they are trying to be helpful, not attacking anyone personally. Oh well.

[OakLeaf]

OP is not a registered user of TE. A guest.
Seems to me like weird internet behavior to stop by and disclose that much.

I think maybe she deactivated her account. It wasn't showing up that way before.

I feel bad about coming on kind of strong. But I also thought that her post was way too strong about advising others to take some radical measures as their first thing to try. The OP was phrased as advice to others.

I'm not as crunchy as I sometimes come off, really. You should see my travel kit. What I am, is careful about not using anything I don't need, and I try to encourage others to do the same.