Originally Posted by YuShan
Hi,
On my new trekking bike I have a leather Brooks Conquest saddle.
I like it a lot and after 300km it is already more comfortable (broken in to the shape of my butt) than I had hoped for. It's already very comfortable. Maybe the damp heath in Taiwan (where I live) accelerates this process.
However, the thing that (mildly) irritates me is that it creaks a lot !
Maybe this is inherent to this type of saddle ?
Does anybody know a way to fix this ?
I think the noise comes from the saddle itself, not seatpost.
I also have a Conquest, which also creaks, squeaks, and oinks constantly. I tried lubricating the ends of the springs where they attach to the saddle's frame, with tri-flow. It made no difference. I was unwilling to get the lubricant on the leather.
I have known other people who have the same problem with the Conquest. I pretty much have come to accept the noises and ignore them. At least I know what is causing them, unlike those mysterious and infuriating drivetrain or frame creaks that you can never locate and cure. As an added benefit, if I ever do develop a "mystery creak" it will be drowned out by the Brooks, and I won't worry about it !