steveintoronto
Superstar
lol...and it all depends on how large or small your touche is. It's not size that makes your saddle comfortable, it's the shape and fit. Having had many Brooks, Wrights, Selle, Middlemore and some French and Italian leather saddles for half a century and more, I've long ago learned it's like a pair of well made leather shoes. The larger, the more you trip on them, but the better they fit your size, the more able they are after a year or so of sweat and body oil (hindered by modern padded shorts, btw) and thousands of kms, to fit you exquisitely. But even within the same manufacturer (Say a Brooks Swallow vs a Swift) that are identical sizes, nuances in how the sit bones and perineum mate with them is crucial. If you're sitting on your glutes, you're wasting the largest muscle in your body.Tiny saddle = less contact. It's not a bad thing. You should try it. I ride both road and hybrid, and my road saddle is much more comfortable. Of course, it depends on what you're doing. That's the joy of biking, so many possibilities, so many styles of bike
I remember we were discussing the 'concrete curbs' as being a requisite a year or so back, your partner had agreed. Excellent to see it becoming the case...*especially* two way lanes on a one way street. It still throws me...I am okay with this given the special one-way-streets situation we are in -- as long as the conflict points are significantly improved during this year's reconstruction (this time with concrete curbs -- yay!).
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