Something I've noticed about saddles. Although I'm a huge fan of Brooks, I do use various models/makes on several of my fair weather rides. What works for me is a saddle with a highly flexible base regardelss of the amount/quality of padding. Even the one fitted to a fixie I own is an old Bontrager saddle that someone discarded. I removed the cover and padding, basically the saddle is just a couple of rails with a very thin and flexible plastic base mounted at three points and it's surprisingly comfortable. Aside from being plastic it acts much like my Brooks saddles... it's an a$$ hammock.