On 12/12/2019 12:30 AM, Tosspot wrote:
On 11/12/2019 03:53, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 7:47:47 PM UTC-5, news18
wrote:

Our preferred brand of saddles is Bell, an Australian
company from old
and there are two antique/classical models (spring ride
and quad rails),
and four similar to the Brooks B17.

When is comes to Brooks, we are almost exclusively B17(?)
and we have/had
four of them. Unfortunately, over the years, we have had
three twin rail
versions of the Brooks B17(?) break down and the leather
of the others,
despite regular treatment tend to stretch. Never had that
in the Bells.

The number is rounded off by a couple of plastic
fantastics one being
junk and the other SWMBOD's choice which serves as
platforms for a gel
seat cover for her.

Long ago, we had a friend of ours who expressed interest
in bicycling, but said
she could not find any saddle that was comfortable. We
tried giving her a gel
seat cover. She claimed it made the pain much worse.

It's probably an indication that we're all different down
there. But it might
have (also?) been an indication that she really wasn't
that interested in riding.

All the contact points are special. Over the years I have
settled on Brooks B17 variants, Ergon Pro for flat bars,
decent cork for the drops, and Shimano M324 pedals. Which
means, if I use another bike, or build *another* one, the
contact points always feel the same.

Fwiw, I *hated* San Marco Rolls, go figure;

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/l...-saddle-187625


Me too. The San Marco products are generally wider across
the center than Selle Italia or Cinelli products. Nothing
wrong with either, they're just different.

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