Originally Posted by
xyzzy834
Wear what you want to ride with for the long term. It's your butt that gets broken in.
The two little dimples that eventually form on the Brooks where your sit bones contact it are just that: two little dimples. They can't significantly alter the feel of the saddle.
The leather itself doesn't soften and stretch. If it does, you need to use the special wrench to re-tension it anyway.
I thought that was the whole point of leather saddles, that they conform to shape you. That supposedly alters the feel of the saddle. If that's not the case I think 99.999% of Bike Forums owes us a retraction.