Re: Leather Saddle Update

On 5/20/2025 6:14 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:

Am Mon, 19 May 2025 13:10:21 -0400 schrieb Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>:

>
When I was a newly avid rider over 50 years ago, I tried many saddles
and even modified saddles in an effort to increase comfort. For a while
I even rigged a Brooks leather saddle so that I could micro-adjust its
tilt while riding, looking for the most comfortable angle.

 Even road bike saddles vary greatly in their form, which usually can't
be changed, different to position (two dimensions) and tilt.  I bought
the saddle for its form and selected the one fitting the distance of my
seatbones. Adjusting position and tilt came after that. I even changed
the seat post to adjust the position :-)

In the very beginning of my avid riding years, I didn't understand about the "sit bone" measurement. My first "good" bike came with a Brooks Champion Narrow saddle, IIRC. My bones were on the metal frame, not the leather.

Now I'm much less sensitive or picky.

 Or perhaps you are riding less, in a less exhausting way or with more
pauses.

I think riding "in an exhausting way" (or at least, riding faster) is easier on one's butt. It generally means more downward force on the pedals. That means less downward force on the saddle.
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- Frank Krygowski