Lower your nose?
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. I meant a Selle Italia Turbo Special Edition …which really was a nice saddle. Expect you have seen a few of these.
As my bike was the main offender, I think, that led to this, I thought it best I come to say you're welcome I am happy to generate content for debate 
The Ganna did not turn out as upright as I'd like, bar height has since increased. Reason for the Brooks angle is based on the angle I have on all my upright bicycles (which happens to be all of them). I hate hunching over even a tiny bit and tend to scoot back on the saddle and weigh heavily towards the rear, one of the reason I love wide sprung saddles as they're designed for that. I didn't have any sprung saddles for single rail clamp at the time so I opted for the Swift, which to be honest I have never gotten on with that well. In order to make it more bearable it was tilted backwards, as I found that it allowed me to sit more comfortably and prevented increased slippage while wearing waterproofs.
I am not beyond saying that the Swift is the wrong saddle for the job, I knew that, but it was what I had laying around for a bike I built up as fast as I could, and to make it work for my more upright position, I couldn't stand it level or, god forbid, nose down. I hope that clears it up. There's a reason why I ride only B17/B66/B67 really.
The Ganna did not turn out as upright as I'd like, bar height has since increased. Reason for the Brooks angle is based on the angle I have on all my upright bicycles (which happens to be all of them). I hate hunching over even a tiny bit and tend to scoot back on the saddle and weigh heavily towards the rear, one of the reason I love wide sprung saddles as they're designed for that. I didn't have any sprung saddles for single rail clamp at the time so I opted for the Swift, which to be honest I have never gotten on with that well. In order to make it more bearable it was tilted backwards, as I found that it allowed me to sit more comfortably and prevented increased slippage while wearing waterproofs.
I am not beyond saying that the Swift is the wrong saddle for the job, I knew that, but it was what I had laying around for a bike I built up as fast as I could, and to make it work for my more upright position, I couldn't stand it level or, god forbid, nose down. I hope that clears it up. There's a reason why I ride only B17/B66/B67 really.
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About 2/3 down the webpage below there is a graphic of fitting the seat angle to your sit bones
https://bikefit.com/blogs/bikefit-blog/sit-bones-width-measurement-and-bike-saddle-selection
https://bikefit.com/blogs/bikefit-blog/sit-bones-width-measurement-and-bike-saddle-selection
Quite interesting. I see a lot of these types articles but they rarely talk much about sit bones in relation to saddle angle. I don't really follow stuff like this personally as I find it hard to get too mathematical and calculated about bike things, it just has to feel comfy and secure. If I don't feel wobbly and constantly scooting around for a comfy position, and nothing goes numb, success!
Thought I'd share this here
They weren't kidding when they say they mold to your bum bum
They weren't kidding when they say they mold to your bum bum
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That has past it's best.Thought I'd share this here
They weren't kidding when they say they mold to your bum bum
