Originally Posted by commander_taco

It was not all that great. I suspect the love affair with Brooks has to do with either Brook's old world charm or the fact that white people go gaga over products handmade by other white people (more points if it is from england) or both. My main complaints are that it was not as comfortable as I was led to beleive (even after breaking it in, and after numerous adjustments), and it did softened up once (really scary) when I left the bike outside and it rained. How can people wax on a product that cannot take rain? I was asked to put a 'carradice' cover on top, which I did, but then it was even less comfortable.