B66 or B67?
 

Hello! Can anyone help me?

I've decided, after nine months of commuting 10 miles a day on my bike and loving every second, to invest in an exciting new saddle. I've settled on a nice springy Brooks, but I don't know whether I need a Brooks B66 or a B67. Apparently it's all about the type of seat post you have, but google hasn't so far presented me with an explanation simple enough for my un-technical mind to comprehend.

I ride a Raleigh Cameo - it was made in Nottingham, and I think it must have been made not long before they started exporting their manufacture. Sorry I can't be more specific, but when I bought it I was told it was about 20 years old, so presumably it was made around the late '80s/early '90s.

If anyone happens to know what kind of seat post my bike has, or failing that, what exactly I should be looking for, I'd be very grateful!

Thanks!

Grace

I would expect that bike to have a straight post with clamp. Like this:

http://www.universalcycles.com/image...dium/22656.jpg

If so, you'll just need to get the appropriate "single" or "double" rail clamp that sits atop the post and fits the saddle you choose. I'm not sure if they are included with the saddles or not. Some are; the B-18 I bought for my mother included a clamp.

B66 is for double rail, while the B67 fits the more common single rail clamps. Photos I am finding of that model show it with both types. If the bike dates from when you believe, it is probably a single rail clamp. Maybe.

Have you seen this site? I have sprung and not saddles. The B-18 is my favorite, but you won't know which is best until you have tried more than one.

http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2009/...ystem.html?m=1

In that article, there is this picture. I suppose it's not a hazard, but whenever I see pictures of saddles that have exposed springs like that, I imagine my tender bits being pinched between the coils of the spring. It's not a pleasant thought.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2634/...175bb821_o.jpg

Noglider, you're riding naked again?

Grace is most likely not pinch challenged as you may be.

This is a bit frightening that 3 NJ-ites are responding to this!

Why is that?

And it's Jerzoids to you, buster.

Awesome, thanks guys! One trip to the shed with an allen key later and I can now confirm that I do indeed have a seat post that looks like that (thanks ColonelJLloyd) and a single clamp at the top of it (well done Yo Spliff!). It's so much easier when you know what you're actually looking for! Dangly bits notwithstanding, I will therefore be getting a B67 S for my birthday!

Slowtostart: Yes, I love the Lovely Bicycle blog! Actually, I've been very slowly following her guide to what she would do with $500 for almost a year: http://lovelybike.blogspot.co.uk/201...intage-vs.html

I didn't have £500, so I picked up my bike for £150 and have been upgrading it whenever I can afford to change something. It's been lovely gradually upgrading my bike as I've got more into cycling, and feeling each benefit as I install it. Can't wait to add a new saddle!

Buster?