Commuting - saddle stains on my pants

I love Brooks saddles, but I quit using them because they ruined just about every pair of pants I own rubbing the dye off onto by bottom. Granted I only used neats foot oil (which I know a lot of people hate on), but are there any other products I can use to keep them in shape that won't do this? I've heard of similar things happening with proofide, etc. The one product I haven't been able to turn up many answers about is sno-seal - does anyone have any experience with this? Or any other products that didn't ruin their pants? I don't want to use a plastic bag or saddle cover every time I get on my bike either.

You can use a saddle cover, or wear dark colored pants, or wear cycling shorts and switch into pants at your destination. Leather can stain light colored pants, and I don't know if there is really any way to prevent that.

I think I would have stopped wearing decent pants on the Brooks after the first pair got ruined. :rolleyes: Brooks says on their site that the dye can/will discolor light clothing. That's why bicycle-specific shorts are usually black.

Just use proofhide, and apply it from the underside. It's the neatsfoot oil not the saddle that's causing the issue.

I generally have a brown stain on my black pants.





It comes from the honey brown brooks, not the proximity of the cages.

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Brooks recommends NEVER applying OIL to the saddle. The oil saturates the leather and then bleeds out, onto the rider's bum. Brooks only recommends their proprietary Proofide dressing, which is a waxy lubricant and water-resistant sealer. I've used both Proofide and Obenauf's leather wax, and they're both great...mostly due to the fact that they're not oil-based.

Cycle shorts traditionally are Black for a reason. you have rediscovered the reason.