Originally Posted by
cyccommute
If you dug down into the numbers, I suspect that you would find far more people buying the latest plastic saddle because of "style". Brooks doesn't have a large enough share of the market for "style" to be much of a driving factor in sales.
Never underestimate the market share of vegans and vegetarians who will not purchase animal products. Especially the younger market who want to be fashionably Brooks but refuse to even own leather shoes. It would be foolish for Brooks to ignore this market. Funny how the "concerned" amongst us are more comfy with petroleum products under their feet and arses than the natural stuff.
Of course, the natural stuff is made of petroleum nowadays too. They feed petroleum to the corn, the corn to the cows, and the cows to us. Wait...are we petroleum creatures too???
Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Or on a long distance ride. Bicycle Quarterly published a survey of equipment used in 2007 Paris Brest Paris Rando by riders from USA, 50 percent used leather saddles.
This may say a lot about Brooks comfort but in such a tiny, specialized market share. Long distance cyclists alone would not keep a saddle manufacturer prosperous.