Sliding Forward on Saddle

[LovelyGirl]

EXACT same thing happened to me when I first got my Rivendell mixte. I'll save you the trouble and give you the solution I was falling forward on the saddle and thought I must need to slide the seat closer to the bars, but even after that, I kept having the same issue. Could not understand it. I tilted the nose of my Brooks up more, which only resulted in more discomfort and STILL sliding forward. I then blamed my posture. Figured I'd have to train myself to hold my body back on the seat. Them I came across something Grant Petersen (of Rivendell) said. He said most folks he knew slammed their saddle all the way BACK and that was the key to comfort. It was counterintuitive, but I finally tried it. Bingo! Perfect comfort. Seat is right under those sit bones, no unpleasant friction in any special spots, and NO MORE FALLING FORWARD. Try it, you'll see!

[Sky King]

Just want to point out a few things about putting the saddle all the way back. As Grant would also point out, Brooks tend to have shorter rails than several other saddles. Sliding my Rivet all the way back is totally different (and I ride a Rivendell) I would be to far behind my pedals and end up to stretched out - also type of bike and bike geometry will come into play (ie) Mixte vs. Touring geometry in my case.

Once again proving that we all have many different solutions for the same challenge