On Monday, December 9, 2019 at 10:01:48 PM UTC-8, pH wrote:
On Monday, December 9, 2019 at 4:35:08 AM UTC-8, Andre Jute wrote:
In another thread some people are bashing Brooks saddles.

This is the space for them to claim they weren't bashing Brooks saddles..

I can't join them. Though it is true that for a long time I drank their koolaid and assumed a Brooks saddle is one of those tools, like drop bars, that cyclists choose as agents of self-mortification, when I did buy a Brooks (B73, thick leather hammock, triple stiff helical springs, double rail mounting springs, fifty quid on sale at SJS, makers of the much-admired Thorn bikes -- Sheldon had one), I found it so comfortable that now, ten years later, you will have to pry it from my cold dead bum. I don't remember breaking it in either. It is now, allowing for a few scrapes and scuffs, exactly the same shape as it was 10K+ back.

The way I ride on the downhills a firm, positively locating saddle is imperative. There's no point to expensively developing a fast, secure bike and then buying from a bike-fashion boutique some narrow saddle that you need to clench onto. I call those "jaillhouse saddles" for the obvious reason.

Ande Jute
The herd ran the other way

Very pleased w/ my Rivendell issue Brooks B17.

The Easy Racer recumbent seat can only be likened to a comfy lawn chair (as we used to call them) rolling down the street.

To each his own, of course. I remember threads where some people could use practically anything w/o complaint and the opposite as well. A comfy seat is a joy.
Luckily I don't have to worry much about rain riding. I daresay that's a lot more of an issue in the Emerald Isle.

Leather saddles are problematic in wet climates. I like a nice plastic saddle with minimalist padding that don't require much care and feeding. I'm not that picky and have some really comfortable OE saddles, like the Bontrager cut-out saddle on the Emonda. I am picky when it comes to saddle tilt and adjustment and prefer two-bolt saddle clamps or similar arrangements where you can make incremental changes without the whole thing going flaccid.

-- Jay Beattie.

-- Jay Beattie.