Hi Giant Doofus,

I abandoned my Brooks B-17 after a year and a half of trying to "break it in". It stayed hard, was uncomfortable, and I was always paranoid about someone stealing it. And I weigh about 230. I put on a generic Bontrager seat that cost 1/4 of the Brooks, and it is much, much more comfortable.

Brooks works for some people, but not for some of us -