I bought a brooks in the 80s, broke it in, and sold it. Nothing wrong with the saddle but I liked the selle italia turbo better. That was my favorite all time saddle. Fast forward 30 years and I'm starting to dig Brooks saddles partly for the style and partly for the comfort. They just look right on a bike and they are comfortable. I just picked up a selle anatomica for my drop bar mtb conversion. I've heard great things about it and took advantage of the sale to pick one up.