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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Madison, WI
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Bikes: 1961 Ideor, 1966 Perfekt 3 Speed AB Hub, 1994 Bridgestone MB-6, 2006 Airnimal Joey, 2009 Thorn Sherpa, 2013 Thorn Nomad MkII, 2015 VO Pass Hunter, 2017 Lynskey Backroad, 2017 Raleigh Gran Prix, 1980s Bianchi Mixte on a trainer. Others are now gone.
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Everybody seems to love the B17, I bought one when building up a touring bike sixteen years ago based on the rave reviews that touring cyclists gave it. The B17 only worked for me when I rode on the bar tops or hoods, but it was too wide and too flat for me when I rode in the drops. My B17 is now on a hybrid bike with flat bars that is on my indoor trainer for winter exercise.
Decades ago I used a Brooks Pro and I knew that I liked that saddle. The Conquest is the same shape as the Pro, but the Conquest is sprung. I bought a Conquest for the touring bike I was building up sixteen year ago, and it worked much better for me than the B17. Both the Pro and Conquest work for me when I am in the drops, hoods or the tops of the bars. I now have several Conquests and two Pros on my fleet.
Different butts are different shapes, what works for many on this board does not quite work for me.