Just finished building a lugged Trek 930 as a townie/wet weather bike and bought a brand new Brooks flyer saddle.

I have no experience with Brooks or other leather saddles. I was under the impression this thing was going to be nice and springy. It's just horrendously uncomfortable though, and not springy at all.

I understand these things need to break in but it's so horrible that it's pretty unlikely I'm going to sit on it long enough to do so.

So...if there is a question in here somehwere...What saddle am I looking for?

I want something wide-ish and springy. Do I need to go full silly wide like a Brooks B67 or whatever the big one is? Do I need the new un dyed comes out of the box soft one?

It also occurs to me that putting a leather saddle on a wet weather bike is stupid, but I can't seem to find a wide saddle that isn't a huge gel thing.

Any help much appreciated.