Originally Posted by bragi

Hi all:

I've been riding with a Brooks B-17 for the last nine months. It was a bit hard to break in, and it creaked a lot, so it took me a while to appreciate it. After a month or so, it did stop creaking, and it got really comfortable, and for a while things were quite good: there's nothing quite like a saddle so comfortable that you forget about it entirely. Lately, though, the creaking has started up again, which annoys me to no end, and the fact that the saddle is not impervious to rain has begun to trouble me, too. My question is this: does anyone know of a saddle that is as comfortable as a B-17 for commuting/touring purposes, but is also waterproof and not apt to creak like a 19th century carriage spring?