Originally Posted by
campingnut
I have an opportunity to get a B68 saddle for a great price. It is a bit wider than the B17, will this difference give me any problems? Does anyone currently ride a B68?
I don't use a B68 but I use a B17, and one of the reasons it works is that it is wide. A wide leather saddle allows you to sit on your "sit bones" instead of putting much or your weight on your soft parts, like a narrow saddle would. The leather on a brooks softens, or breaks in, where the sit bones make contact and eventually becomes very comfortable. If the B68 is wider than the B17 then it's probably a good thing.
But for every one of us Brooks users, there are probably just as many people that dislike Brooks because they are uncomfortable. A saddle is a personal decision, because we're all shaped differently and we all have different riding styles. I'm extremely comfortable on my Brooks, but you need to make your own decision -
Which it looks like you are.