The B.17 - !

[simongt]

On Saturday, having just broken in my B.17 after a couple of weeks commuting, used my streetbike which has a 'firm' gel saddle. Cor, it was like riding on Grandma's old feather bed - !

 

[Alan O]

A couple of weeks to break in a B17? It needs more like a couple of years, young Simon.

 

[Lonestar]

On Saturday, having just broken in my B.17 after a couple of weeks commuting, used my streetbike which has a 'firm' gel saddle. Cor, it was like riding on Grandma's old feather bed - !

@Fnaar

 

[AndyRM]

@Fnaar

 

[Lonestar]

I don't think @Fnaar is that bad.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I don't think @Fnaar is that bad.

No, he's that good.

 

[Fab Foodie]

[QUOTE 4985853, member: 9609"]I got one of these about 3 weeks and its just past its first 500 mile the night and it has been comfortable from day one (and I don't where padded shorts). How lucky is that getting a saddle that fits.[/QUOTE]
Same for me. Good on day 1 and still good 25 years later....

 

[Banjo]

B17 was Comfortable on all day rides straight out of the box for me and still comfy years later. When brand new I found it a bit slippery but a bit of use cured that.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ebeq1lb5zq2yusi/2017-08-30 19.54.40.jpg?dl=0

 

[User33236]

I got the narrow B17 on my Brompton and it's been comfy since new.

 

[gaijintendo]

When I occasionally find myself on a cushioned seat, I do really notice how soft they can be, and so on - but when I am riding my B17, or Swift, afterwards I am taken by how I don't notice the saddle at all.
Also, I don't wear padded shorts, and happily do a century on my Brooks and my glutes are never the sorest part of me!

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Took me six years plus half a tin of Flexalan to break mine in, but i eventually grew to like it.

 

[simongt]

A couple of weeks to break in a B17? It needs more like a couple of years, young Simon.

A couple of hundred miles; that's about how long it took to get comfy young Alan. Even with me weighing a paltry 65 kg., I've already noticed the necessary indents in the saddle - !

 

[hoopdriver]

A couple of weeks to break in a B17? It needs more like a couple of years, young Simon.

I have B-17s on all my bikes and never had the least bit of trouble breaking them in - and I don’t wear padded shorts either. I have just put the saddles on and ridden away without any discomfort at all. And they just get better with age. Some of my saddles are over 25 years old now.

 

[lutonloony]

Had mine about 2 months now, when is it likely to need tightening? Still seems unsagged

 

[Ajax Bay]

when is it likely to need tightening?

Years