I'm 190lbs and yes, I applied the proofhide to both sides. After nearly 400 miles the saddle still felt like a piece of wood and my perineum was in pain. I spent lots of time tweaking the position and the angle to no avail. The problem for me was mainly the lack of cutout/channel in the middle. Although my sitbones did hurt more than I'd like. Maybe I'd be happier with a different Brooks model, but like I said the new WTB saddle works fine for me so I'm not looking forward to another saddle experiment. I believe that I works for you I emailed Brooks and they said it would take closer to 1000 miles to wear it in and I gave up, I was ready for that.