oh yeah, a little more:
Three weeks ago I rode the Wenatchee Rotary Apple Century on my Sequoia Elite with a Brooks B17 saddle. At the half-way food stop, with about 100 other riders there, I had the only Brooks that I observed. There might have been more, but I didn't see them.
Yes, there were people walking past the bike looking at the saddle like it was from Mars. Without exception, they were fully kitted-out riders on
very light bikes. I heard some of them saying how they were ready for the stop, in order to get off the saddle
I was totally comfortable all the way until the last 10 miles, when I could feel my ischials beginning to complain. Not about the leather - but because the 17 is just a tad too narrow for my sitbones, that's all. But it's ok because I normally don't go 100 miles in 6 hours. A nice long ride for me is closer to 75.
http://i11.tinypic.com/4vs67f4.jpg
Shoulda brought my B67. Folks would have fainted dead away...
