These things are in the bike shop I went to. Man, that seat's hard as a stiff wooden board! I guess they soften when they break in; I don't like gooey pads though, but leather probably'll just flex a tad--much better suspension than memory-foam-style isolated vertical compression.

The big question is how to determine which to buy. I'm interested in something wide enough to sit on comfortably, but not too wide. I guess the easy way would be to sit on one.... uh. And of course I'm aware my seat needs to move forward some; I adjusted it properly, but the seat post extends further than I had wanted and so the seat is back further by a large margin.

The B17 standard Imperial seems wider than my saddle, and wide enough for me.

And of course I have a Cane Creek ThudBuster, which leaves me wondering if:

• I should get a standard saddle
• I should get a Flyer with springs
• I should get a Flyer and use it with the original rigid seat post

Ah well, I'll figure something out. I'm thinking at the moment I'll go for a rigid B17 Imperial and use it on the ThudBuster. Maybe do a baptism-style initial treatment ... gotta find something to soak it in, Neatsfoot oil? SAE30 Synthetic motor oil?