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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Leather Saddle Update
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 11:33:28 -0400
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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