Originally Posted by
GetUpnGo
My experience is more or less the opposite of yours. My highest mileage was 2000 miles a year, including a century and 1000 painful miles around Europe on a Brooks (no padding). At that time I weighed 125 lbs and that Brooks felt like sitting on a rock...
It's difficult to make definitive statements about anything but in general terms padded seats are problematic. The more miles you ride, the more problematic they become. I believe that the reason this padded seat works for you is that you don't ride very many miles. 2000 miles a year is minimal. I suspect that if you rode 5000 miles a year you might have a different perspective. This could be the reason your brooks saddle didn't work well for you as well but its possible that it just didn't fit you properly. Brooks work well for a lot of people but they don't work for everyone. Having said all that, if this seat works for you at the mileage you are doing that's great and maybe it'll work for someone else who rides a similar number miles.
