Before you start making saddle changes make sure to optimise your saddle height and bike fit.
Touring bike saddle height.
Get a bike seat designed for how you ride.
It is the same width but slightly shorter 245 mm.
Burt says that finding the correct saddle height is the ideal starting point for any bike fit given a lot of other changes to position are done to correct a less than optimal saddle height.
This is the third in a series of pages on sizing a touring bike.
A fizik arione saddle with carbon rails.
It would always be my first choice for an unsprung saddle.
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Adjusting the height of your handlebars is the final step in your bike fitting process.
Most modern bikes conform to the same standard so any reputable saddle will fit any reputable bike.
When bike touring your handlebars and saddle should be more or less at the same height.
How to choose a bike that fits you.
The series should be read in order.
A ladies version b 17s is available.
On a bike with an adequate top tube length if the bars are significantly lower than the saddle after you have set the saddle height then the bike is probably not designed for touring but is more of a sport or racing bike.
A road saddle will typically be v shaped with a more pronounced seating area and a longer nose.
I have leather saddles on all my bikes.
Lower them if you prefer to cycle at a lower angle and vice versa.
I use this bicycle saddle on my light touring century bike.
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Road bike size guide.
Adjust the height of your handlebars according to the riding position you are most comfortable in.
Brooks b17 imperial for touring brooks swallow for racing and seller anatomica on audax and mtb bike.
The brooks b72 is a light weight touring saddle designed for.
This was often the saddle of choice for bradley wiggins.
Piker june 20 2016.
The saddle height measurement to be clear is the distance between the centre of the bottom bracket and the centre of the saddle.