Thread: My brand new Brooks is... painful.
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Old 08-02-17, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by howellhandmade
Have you tried commuting on a bike with road-ish position? Perhaps the more upright position with flat bar is to blame. Everything I ride has a road bar; I'm not that sensitive to saddles but if I don't have the forward lean to distribute weight (take some off my tuchus) it's no good. And perhaps some antiseptic salve before/after the commute?
The bike IS a road ish position. It's a cross check, and the bars are probably 2 inches below the top of the saddle. I'm more upright when I ride a touring road bike on the hoods.
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