http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: brooks - Recent Topics en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:40:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18936#post-285535 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:08:03 +0000 Greenroofer 285535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I currently have a Brooks B17 standard on my road bike. I love it. I can ride all day and all night with no discomfort.</p> <p>I had a bike fit recently, and the bike fitter's view was that the saddle was too wide. Certainly a pressure map of my posterior did seem to show that it wasn't evenly loaded, yet with a narrow saddle it was more even. I'm uncertain what to do for my 'new' bike (for which we are still waiting for the wheels). He wants me to get a plastic saddle, but I do love the comfort of my B17...</p> <p>Do you have any experience of other Brooks leather saddles? In particular are the more racy ones any good for long-distance riding? I have a very relaxed and upright position on the bike, so don't want anything too racy, but am minded to observe the fitter's advice and try something a bit narrower. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15873#post-207452 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:23:01 +0000 unhurt 207452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>De-hoarding as my free storage facility (the old family home) has just been sold:</p> <p>One new but old men's Brooks saddle (black) - new but old in that it came attached to a Cannondale tourer in 2008, was immediately swapped out, and has been languishing unused in a box of random bike stuff ever since. Not sure of exact model - the "basic" leather men's one I assume, as it came as part of the spec. Can chuck in a cover for it someone gave me - never used - if you want it.</p> <p>One nearly-new (but has been slathered underneath in the stuff oot the tin that's meant to help break it in) women's Brooks B17 S Standard Saddle in black (cost £62) - bought in hope, used for maybe 10 hours riding, abandoned when it became clear that the saddle was breaking me in and not vice versa. (Ow!) Has also been languishing in a (different) box of stuff since, erm, 2012.</p> <p>Anyone interested? All reasonable offers considered! </p>