Weekend Rides!

[Roadtrip]

Is your saddle level, Roadtrip? I'm not sure moving forward will help but you might check if it's level from front to back. How long until your fitting?

Sorry if this is long.. not meaning to hijack this thread... my weekend rides recently have been trying to adjust to the new road bike and tinkering with fit. The fitter wanted me to get some miles on the Ruby before we did the fit.

The saddle (Brooks B17 Standard) is ever so slightly tipped upward, in the thought that it would keep me back (perhaps I'm wrong), tho I kept sliding/moving forward and when I did... the nose was then elevated and irritated the soft tissue... DOH.

My reach didn't feel short. My arms were slightly bent as they should be and not locked out. I've been reading here that some of the ladies prefer the wider B68 and have considered that one, just don't know if that's what I need.

B17 (current saddle)
Length: 275mm
Width: 175mm
Height:65mm

B68
Length: 260mm
Width: 205mm
Height:62mm

I tried the B17s which has a length of 242mm and I know I DIDN'T like it at ALL. It was too short.

Fit appt in likely in the next week or so... the guy who normally does the fit is also the store manager and normally doesn't work Saturdays and it's hard for me to get in for a two hour meeting during the week; I work M-F... He's going to try figure out something where he'll work with me to get the fit done on a Saturday.

I did mention that I thought my handle bars where too narrow and he did a measurement on me today and my shoulders are 46cm and the bars on my Ruby are 40cm, so we went ahead and ordered new bars.

Shannon