Originally Posted by
Buck_O
My personal take is that in that time, your ass develops such a well pronounced callous, that it actually mimics the surface of the saddle. At which point riding on a 2x4 would be comfortable.
Originally Posted by
marmot
Volrus, in case you're not in on the joke, a Brooks saddle is like a big slice of petrified beef jerky that you stick on top of your seat post. Then, believers say, you must anoint its hard, unyielding surface with costly unguents, and keep pressing your tender underside against it, despite the pain. Miraculously, over the course of many months, the magic oils -- combined with body heat and gallons of bumsweat -- will force the torturous thing to take on the shape of your aching butt. At that point, it will be as comfy as your favorite easy chair and you will love it forever. Or so they say.
Hilarious! I keep reading on here about Brooks saddles but didn't quite get it, I think I'm starting to get it now. They aren't prettiest seats from what I've seen either, they look like something on an antique bike to me.
Just curious who in the HELL do I get to measure my a$$ bones? Is that something my wife does, a proctologist, or what? Then, assuming they can somehow manage to find the bones underneath all the padding I have, what do i do with the measurements? Are saddles measured by a$$ bone width or something?