Originally Posted by
furballi
1. You said in post #15 that the Selle "does sag because it is supposed to".
2. user Disposable owns the same Selle saddle and his sample "stretched into uselessness, beyond the range of the tension screw, in less than two years".
And now you're telling others that you "don't prefer a sagging saddle". So according to you, it's OK for the Selle to sag because "it was designed" that way? A good leather saddle is suppose to last +20 years.
I have a Brooks Imperial Narrow with cut-out slot. Saddle has flaps but still sag badly if the flaps were not tightly laced. You can't stretch a "flap-less" piece of leather with a center cut-out and expect little sag with load.
Tightly laced flaps do not interfere with pedaling efficiency. The only downside is longer break-in period. The flaps are there to provide additional structural support to the suspension saddle. Adding weight to the saddle will cause the flaps to flare out. This is not rocket science.
Look all I'm saying is that the Selle Anatomica is a different saddle design. It is a very comfortable touring saddle that I've found to be quite durable. But it's different than a Brooks. The Anatomica would be ruined within a few weeks if it was tensioned like a Brooks. Selle used to have a video of the Anatomica in action on their Anatomica page. It's well worth the look.
As mentioned before, I have two Brooks B17Ns that are working quite fine for me without modification. The experience for others might be quite different. People have been modifying Brooks saddles probably since the first ones were made.
Whatever works. Al