Originally Posted by hopperja

After thousands of miles, I've decided there are two myths when it comes to Brooks saddles:
1- they break in in short mileage. At 4000 miles mine begin to break in, though they've always been at least as comfortable as any other seat I've used.

2- they develop sit bone indents in short order. While this may be true in some cases, it's certainly not true in my personal experience. I've got three Brooks B17s with miles ranging from 500 to 5100. I'm a clyde (my Cross Check is 56cm, so you know I'm not all that tall and I'm over 200 lbs), and NONE of them show sit bone indents. There are darker spots where my sitbones contact on the saddle (the one with 5100 miles) but NO indents. Because of the dark spots, I know I'm contacting the saddle in the right places. The other two (1200 miles and 500 miles) have no dark spots yet and no indents.