Originally Posted by
gif4445
Question
#1 for those of you out there with more than one bike that you ride regularly. Do you have the same type of saddle on each bike?... Is the Imperial an upgrade?
I have no idea whether Imperial would be an upgrade. Can't help with that one.
More than one bike? Yes, seven vintage bikes from '72 to '87, covering fine competition machines to bike-boom bikes to a tandem. Same saddle, except for one. I got lucky. I needed a saddle when I was rebuilding one bike and the LBS guy pointed me to a WTB Speed V. I rode it 65 miles that weekend and have been comfortable on it, actually them, ever since. The different bike has a VO Model 6 that I acquired in a trade. It's hard, not broken in, very different from the WTB. I haven't ridden it enough yet but it isn't my favorite. On the other hand, the bike isn't so great anyway so I use it only for shorter trips.
But then, I rode for decades on the orignal leather saddle on my UO-8 and it was comfortable enough.
FWIW, I'm 65, will turn 66 next month.