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Any sprung saddles below 165mm max width? Either elastomer sprung or steel coil. The old Selle Royal Roomy Classic was 165mm, but it has recently increased in width. Anything available which is less than 165mm?

Brooks Conquest?
My Conquest measures 163mm wide
Was re-issued about ten years ago I think.
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx ... 5a0e8ce2c1
Brooks size guide:
https://www.ebykr.com/brooks-saddle-model-guide/

CJR18 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 2:41pm Brooks Conquest?
My Conquest measures 163mm wide
Was re-issued about ten years ago I think.
https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx ... 5a0e8ce2c1
Brooks size guide:
https://www.ebykr.com/brooks-saddle-model-guide/

Interesting, but I was looking for something still in production and I've never taken to Brooks. Having said that, it would be interesting to try a C7 carved Cambium. It's rubber base is meant to have shock absorption.

Carved cambium is very good, just a little bit of give. I’ve got C15 carved on both bikes, and surprisingly they work across a range of seating positions, from tucked down, to bolt upright.

Nearholmer wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 4:05pm Carved cambium is very good, just a little bit of give. I’ve got C17 carved on both bikes, and surprisingly they work across a range of seating positions, from tucked down, to bolt upright.

That's what I find with a width around 165mm. I can lean low or sit upright.

Apologies: mine are C15, not C17.

I have a C17 Carved, on a shelf, a failed experiment. Like sitting on a block of wood. Actually, I think I may have given it to my son for him to try. I can't remember. I've dismissed it from my thoughts. Back to pure leather for me.

UpWrong wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 11:11am Any sprung saddles below 165mm max width? Either elastomer sprung or steel coil.

I'm fairly sure the Dawes GT is narrower. Steel coil.

Edit : surprisingly, it's officially 170mm.

UpWrong wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 3:44pm Interesting, but I was looking for something still in production and I've never taken to Brooks. Having said that, it would be interesting to try a C7 carved Cambium. It's rubber base is meant to have shock absorption.

My experience with C17 Cambium is sort of comfortable for short distances but after that it's complete torture, nowhere near as comfortable as a B17.

Different seats for different folks.

C15 carved: happily ride all day.

B17: too wide, tendency to rub slightly on the back of my legs, too short in the nose, a bit of a nuisance when it comes to sliding off the back of the seat for very steep descents.

I have wondered if the might be a place for a gadget here; I was thinking of something that attaches to an ordinary saddle rails, but includes the suspension springs. The other side of the gadget would attach to the top of the seat pin, much as a saddle does normally. In this way, any saddle could be given springs and any bike could easily be fitted with such a saddle. As a bonus, the gadget should allow more layback if required, since there are now two places where such an adjustment can be made.

A bit like a Thudbuster but separate from the seatpost? Interesting idea.

Like one of these devices ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155990850259

Mr.Benton wrote: ↑27 Feb 2024, 7:26am Like one of these devices ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155990850259

I never knew they existed! It doesn't look like the most stable of devices though

Perhaps a Spiderflex saddle, popular with some tandem stokers could be modified (hack off the polyurethane saddle bit) and attach your own saddle as above.
Should be stonger than just a freely flexing frame?.
https://spiderflex.com/
"The pre-loaded shock system on the Spiderflex REC consists of a heavy-duty die spring inside a polypropylene housing.
The suspension system is similar to a suspension seat post, and after you initially compress the suspension from sitting on the seat, it will give the rider approximately 5/8" (16mm) of travel when hitting bumps."