Now I don't know what to do, is the question about Brooks as a company or Brooks as a style of saddle... B17 leather thingmo. If it's the latter then yes, I ride a Brooks, but branded Gyes and 1/5th of the cost.
But yeah, if you tour you can't beat worn in leather for long days in the saddle. So that's serious I guess, but then when I tour I tend to stop at amusing things and drink beer, so that's not serious, but then I do ride a Gyes.