Originally Posted by Sean Gordon

I've used a Brooks Swift Ti and a B17 that I cut down to mimic a swallow. They broke in awesome and worked for about six months. I used snow-seal (beeswax based) to treat them, but I destroyed both fairly quickly. Leather saddles are for recreational, occasional high mileage use, like on a bike tour. They won't hold up to a racer's training regimen, being bathed in salt sweat, rain, road salt, etc. and then ridden hard the next day.