Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
One place Brooks shines is durability and longevity. Your Brooks WILL NOT FAIL on a 6 month bike tour. One less thing to worry about. Modern saddles are like fine running shoes. You gotta replace them fairly often. But look how far athletic shoe technology has come in the past 50 years. Same for saddles.
Some modern saddles can last too. I believe one i have will last 100 years. I tried to mark this saddle with a knife and was unable to make a single mark on it.