Brooks Saddles

[Catrin]

Many of us have had problems with the "S" version of the B17. The rails are so short that the hardware can wind up directly under your girly bits I had a large problem with this myself, but it did not become apparent until my rides got longer than 20 miles.

[Susan]

Good to know!
I was wondering why a womens-saddle would have to be shorter? Wider makes sense, but shorter?

[Catrin]

Because a woman had nothing to do with the design...or a fall-back to the time when women were assumed to wear dresses/skirts on the bike.

[Biciclista]

definitely has to do with the fact that it was designed 100 years ago and women had voluminous skirts...