Help me decide, or just be abusive instead

[Specialeyes]

I’ve got both - Cambium all the way for long rides for me. But that’s my arse’s opinion - yours may have other ideas 😀

 

[Chislenko]

More of a Specialized Bum Rest man myself, always with a cut out. Currently using a Toupe....and no I don't put in on my head!

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Charge Spoons feel like they're nipping my 'arris, I find them so uncomfortable and I feel sore on my sit bones after literally a couple of miles. I find the stock saddles from Giant and Bontrager are better for me than a Spoon.
But Brooks I do like, they're my overall favourite of all time. I've had a B17 for a long time now (10 years plus) and I'd buy Brooks again and again, if I ever needed to that is. Bloody subjectivity!

 

[rogerzilla]

Nothing wrong with a Spoon, except that the stitching can eventually fray.

Oh, I nearly forgot. Your mum

 

[pawl]

When I started cycling back i1951there wasn’t a lot of choice re saddles My bike came with a leather saddle.Can’t remember the make With leather saddles they do eventually shape to the contours of your bum. Back then I never had a problem with saddles also padded shorts were not the norm touring shorts or any shorts for that matter were normal It seems now you can spend a lot of time and money getting the correct saddle My current saddles are Sella Italia man Also consider your shorts.I find the padding in some shorts to thick and tend to go for shorts with less padding and find them more comfortable

I suppose after 60 years of cycling my arse has become tougher

 

[dodgy]

No point recommending saddles really, apart from build quality. Comfort is extremely personal and no more personal when it comes to saddles. One person's BeST SaDdLE EvARRR!!!! Is another's misery.

 

[fossyant]

The words Brooks and attractive in one sentence ? Never heard that before.

Brooks should be on old bone shakers, and not a Cube. Get the Spoon. They are great saddles.

 

[postman]

Brooks bought November 1987 on my Spesh,but a Spoon on my Off road and no problems with it.Today cost would push me towards the Spoon.

 

[welsh dragon]

I like Brooks saddles. Had mine for 4 years and it still looks as good as new.

I have heard that the price of them has gone up, but still the best IMHO.

Having said that, they are a bit like marmite and you definitively have to have a Brooks friendly derriere.

 

[welsh dragon]

I'm disappointed to see that no one has taken the "be abusive option".

You big bunch of POOPY HEADS.

Oooh. Your Well hard you are

 

[CanucksTraveller]

After some intense 5 minute research, turns out measuring sit bones is fairly pointless. It will give you the optimal size if you sit bolt upright on a bike, but there are so many variables the only way to reliably get the right fit is trial and error. So the website tells me.

You can do it yourself accurately, I've tested it against Fizik's in-shop official measuring system, which is a bench that you crouch onto while you're coached by the fitting assistant. On that bench is a gel pad with a sheet of paper that takes up colour where your bones exert the pressure, then they measure the gap. To do it at home, put a sheet of play-doh or blu tac between two sheets of baking parchment, and put it on something firm like a bench or one of the stairs at home. crouch onto it and lean forward roughly 45 degrees, and wiggle about a little. Measure the two dents centre to centre. I got the same measurement from both systems.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

This one do you?

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A recumbent in other words 😂

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Post a picture of your bum , so I can see if it’s similar to mine.

 

[pawl]

I like Brooks saddles. Had mine for 4 years and it still looks as good as new.

I have heard that the price of them has gone up, but still the best IMHO.

Having said that, they are a bit like marmite and you definitively have to have a Brooks friendly derriere.

I’m going to have hell of a job spreading that on my toast

 

[pawl]

I’m going to have hell of a job spreading that on my toast

Come on back There are a lot of us old farts missing your posts