Originally Posted by karlfitt
OK,
I have finally taken the time to measure,
My bars are 4" below my seat, so appently the B-17 I bought was the wrong seat for this set up.
Now, shout I raise my bars 3" or order a new seat? How does one decide that?
I am a recreational rider who plans on doing the ocasional century. Longest ride so far is 50 miles, no real pain, but the saddle doesn't "disppear" like some describe.
Dougmt pretty well answered it. Raise your bars, if you can (quill much easier than aheadset, at least until your run out of stem). Do it in increments until your find the point where the seat does sort of disappear under you. You also may need to fiddle a little with the tilt. Some are lucky that they can fit and ride straight away with a Brooks. I took quite a long time, first with the Pro that wasn't suited to my randon bike, and then with the B17 that's now on it.