Originally Posted by
jon.612
I've had a few old Brooks saddles with split leather at the rivets. I won't ride them - I have this vision of the leather failing and the seat post going right into the cavity that it's pointed toward. Really not worth it in my book.
Yikes! Sounds like a Medieval Torture device!
I am going to probably ride the saddle [gingerly] just around our neighborhood until it fails just to see how one holds up in this state. It has soaked up the Proofide pretty well and looks 1000% better than it did when the bike arrived here. In the meantime I'll be on the lookout for decent used Brooks saddles on eBay and decent prices on new ones elsewhere. Not sure if another B-72 will go on there or a B-66. Anyone reading this ever used a Brooks "Champion" saddle?