brooks swift - team pro ralis length and confort

[erickB]

hi, i have a brooks b-17 in my hybrid-mtb bike it´s pretty confortable, i wolud say perfect...
the problem is that i take this saddle and put it on my road bike with more stepest seat tube and more drop betewen saddle and bars, and it was not confortable, to much pressure on may hands and the nose off the saddle was very noticiable in the hoods and especially in the drops.

the question is.
1° have the swift or the team pro longer rails than the b-17? for get more seatback and relieve pressure fron may hands.

2°are the swift or team pro better for ride with more drop from saddle to handlebar?
my doubt here is that the b-17 before the break-in was a flat saddle, after the break-in it transform to a concave saddle with the nose rised, with may flat bar level to the saddle tha was not problem but in my road bike the rised nose is very inconfortable with my intime parts
i read that the swift and team pro are more suited for ride with more drop but im concerned if afeter the break-in this saddles would get a rised nose, just like hapend with the b17

[onespeedbiker]

Have you tried tightening the tension of the saddle? That nut in the front is designed to tighten the tension of the saddle and mitigate the sag in the saddle that seems to be your problem. BTW, you will need the b rooks wrench made for this purpose as the nut is proprietary (not a standard metric or standard size) and an adjustable wrench will not allow you to tighten the nut enough for your purposes..

[RussellS]

1° have the swift or the team pro longer rails than the b-17? for get more seatback and relieve pressure fron may hands.

2°are the swift or team pro better for ride with more drop from saddle to handlebar?
my doubt here is that the b-17 before the break-in was a flat saddle, after the break-in it transform to a concave saddle with the nose rised, with may flat bar level to the saddle tha was not problem but in my road bike the rised nose is very inconfortable with my intime parts
i read that the swift and team pro are more suited for ride with more drop but im concerned if afeter the break-in this saddles would get a rised nose, just like hapend with the b17

Swift: 2 inches of straight rail you can clamp the seatpost to. 5.5 inches from the nose of the saddle back to the first spot you can clamp the seatpost.
Team Pro: 2.75 inches of straight rail you can clamp the seatpost to. 5.5 inches from the nose of the saddle back to the first spot you can clamp the seatpost.
B-17: 2.5 inches of straight rail you can clamp the seatpost to. 5.25 inches from the nose of the saddle back to the first spot you can clamp the seatpost.

You can get the same amount of setback with all three saddles. That 5.5 and 5.25 inch number tells you how far back you can get the nose of the saddle. The length of the rails for clamping the seatpost just tells you how far forward you can shove the saddle towards the handlebars.

The main difference in the Swift, Team, B-17 is the width of the rear section and the width of the nose. The Swift has the narrowest rear and nose. Then the Team Pro is a little wider. Then the B-17 is a little wider than that. So I suppose for a drop bar maybe the narrower nose would be beneficial.

[erickB]

....mmmm...so no brooks on my road bike....****...

[Mr. Versatile]

On your road bike try tipping the nose up. In order to keep from sliding down & putting too much weight on my perineum, I have to tip it up quite a lot. Looking at it from the side l adjust the area where the sit bones is horizontal. If you don't do this, again looking from the side, you can easily see how the seat can be uncomfortable.

[atpjunkie]

and Swift have those nose design for bikes with decent amounts of drop

[erickB]

well i tried some team pro and swift, and with both can´t get enough set back, i need at least 2.5cm more , mybe a velo orange culd solve this.