Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Did you lower the saddle when you installed it? Brooks tend to be taller than other kinds of saddles and thus need to be lowered a little when first installed.
You can carve up Brooks saddles as much as you like...they are called '
Butchered Brooks'...but I'd suggest lowing the saddle first.
so true!
i've found that lowering the seatpost by as much as and inch and a half was necessary when switching from my Brooks to a newer carbon saddle. YMMV.