Brooks Saddles

[ultraviolet]

I prefer the Finesse for my long-distance bike. (It's on its third bike now.)

With my kind of short femurs (I'm long-torsoed/short-legged), I've never needed a ton of fore/aft adjustment room in my saddles. All of my saddles are placed right around the middle of their rails, so this has never been a big concern for me. I also don't do a ton of steering with my thighs (however, I shift my weight/use body lean a good bit), so having a longer nose to "grip" has never been a priority for me. Also, I ride almost exclusively in skorts, and they're a little less likely to catch on the shorter nose of the Finesse.

So, it's possible that I'm just the perfect confluence of factors for the shorter length Brooks saddles. My dad always did tell me I was perfect. Who knew he was talking about such a niche market for perfection, though? Hah!

[Susan]

Yes, it really is a bit confusing. But if got everything right, there are not so many choices left for me:

Either the Team Pro S, if I don't have problems because it's too short - or one of the B17s (also depending on how wide the B17 and B17S actually are...). If both of them are too narrow then there is only the B68 left, but I'm not sure if I would like to have this one.

I often ride wearing skirts but didn't consider this as the possible reason behind the shorter womens saddles. But I guess it really could make things easier when wearing shorter skirts.

I'm not so sure if it would be ok for me to get a shorter saddle... I don't have much experience with different saddles or even saddle positions. I just screwed the Ruby onto my bike and tinkered with the position until it felt right and didn't think much about it since...
On my commuter there has always been a horrible squishy uncomfortable saddle and I have always been too lazy to change it (for the last... um 12 years ).

[Susan]

That's probably exactly what I will do. I still have some time to think it over

[sundial]

I prefer the Finesse for my long-distance bike.

Ultraviolet, have you seen the new pink limited edition B 18 Brooks saddle? It is definitely a collectors item.