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10-04-16 | 04:11 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by azza_333

I would dare to say 99% of brooks owners would disagree with you on the brookes saddle, you may not notice it but I and many others sure do, during the break in process, the leather under your sit bones will soften/stretch causing divots.

I've got 16,000 miles (about 10 years) on a Brooks Pro and about 10,000 on a Brook B1N (about 15 years) and neither one has any "divot" in it. I'm not exactly a light guy either. I didn't take any extraordinary measures to soften either saddle, however. I Proofhide them about once a year ...when I remember to do it.

I have seen the divots you talk about on other peoples' saddles but I think they are over treating their saddles in an attempt to bend the saddle to their will instead of the other way around.

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