Hardest saddle known to man..

[LeeDevelopment]

Any Brooks saddle..... never again.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Any Brooks saddle..... never again.

I love the B17 and Professional. I've done most of my near 50 years riding on them.

 

[LeeDevelopment]

I love the B17 and Professional. I've done most of my near 50 years riding on them.

Nope, had one, tried very hard to break it in, instead it completely broke my groin, I could barely sit down after any riding and had to slather on Sudocrem .... so nope

 

[bikeworkshop]

The Flite Evo Carbon's would probably rate high on the list. No padding and bare CF.

My posterior has never had the pleasure though.

Some give built in to the structure,
I had one, Broke it in a crash.
OK if weight is more important than comfort.

The flite XP that replaced it, which has a thin layer of foam and leather too, is not at all bad.

Brooks have a bipolar rider reaction.
"Bloody awful waste of money"
or
"The most comfortable saddle I've ever owned."

Little in between.

I've been selling them for 30 years., so have got a lot of feedback - which makes me tend to dissuade the unready.

"Oh I've heard they're really good"
is a "you're not ready"

But what about the saddle in the yellow pages ad?

 

[klunkrider]

Reckon I’ve been through at least a dozen Brookses and never bought one new. Pick them up ‘pre broken in’ off eBay, someone else has done all the hard work and absorbed the roughly 75% deflation in value too. Win win!

 

[Woz]

Paper round with an uncovered original plastic Unicantor pista saddle.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Paper round with an uncovered original plastic Unicantor pista saddle.

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Back when small boys were small boys.

 

[Woz]

Back when small boys were small boys.

Explains why I had a late growth spurt.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Explains why I had a late growth spurt.

The idea of cycling in comfort hadn't been developed, let alone introduced.
Like "working brakes" " useful gears", and "road safety".
Ah those were the days

Risk and Suffering

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

Everyone’s different innit? The two least comfortable saddles I ever had the misfortune to perch my posterior on are a Flite and a Rolls. I saved for ages for the former when a gangly yoof and ended up giving it to a mate.

He of course, loved it.