Flattest saddle? Brooks?
05-23-06, 06:04 PM
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Flattest saddle? Brooks?
I am currently riding an old Ideale 90 that has a little bit of a hump from side to side, as seen from the rear.
Looking for the flattest saddle I can find, from the same aspect. It must be 150-160mm wide.
Suggestions? One of the Brooks?
Thanks.
Looking for the flattest saddle I can find, from the same aspect. It must be 150-160mm wide.
Suggestions? One of the Brooks?
Thanks.
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05-23-06, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by H1449-6
I am currently riding an old Ideale 90 that has a little bit of a hump from side to side, as seen from the rear.
Looking for the flattest saddle I can find, from the same aspect. It must be 150-160mm wide.
Suggestions? One of the Brooks?
Thanks.
Looking for the flattest saddle I can find, from the same aspect. It must be 150-160mm wide.
Suggestions? One of the Brooks?
Thanks.
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05-23-06, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Serpico
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good luck bro
good luck bro
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Originally Posted by Serpico
Setsuko Hara
I just did a google search, not much on the internets about her
https://www.ozuyasujiro.com/resources/setsukohara.htm
if you have netflix checkout Early Summer
I just did a google search, not much on the internets about her
https://www.ozuyasujiro.com/resources/setsukohara.htm
if you have netflix checkout Early Summer
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New Brooks saddles are flat. (see first photo)
Broken in Brooks saddles are not flat. (see second photo)
But I like a curvy saddle.
BTW - that second one has 20,000 kms on it.
Broken in Brooks saddles are not flat. (see second photo)
But I like a curvy saddle.
BTW - that second one has 20,000 kms on it.
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I'm looking for flat from side to side, not so much front to back.
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b-17 narrow with 1800 miles on it--deck.
breakin' in a professional--can tell it will be even decker.
get a brooks.
breakin' in a professional--can tell it will be even decker.
get a brooks.
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flat saddle
My B17 Brooks is quite flat and I have just tried a Selle Trans Am which seems to be reasonably flat as well.
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Originally Posted by H1449-6
I'm looking for flat from side to side, not so much front to back.
When a Brooks is broken in, it is not flat side to side either .... you'll develop "butt grooves". If your saddle still does not have "butt grooves" then it isn't broken in yet.
But it is those "butt grooves" that make the Brooks SO comfortable!!
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Does the SLR kind of have a rise going from the back to the nose? I haven't tried one but it looks like it would hit me right where I don't want it to.
I've got a Selle Italia Prolink on my fixie that's flat across the back, and I'm looking for something similar in a racing saddle.
I've got a Selle Italia Prolink on my fixie that's flat across the back, and I'm looking for something similar in a racing saddle.
