What I knew going into this thread was that I didn’t want to take any additional care of the Brooks, not that I didn’t want to use it.

I wanted to know what would happen if I didn’t take care of it, which you consequently answered in your reply as did others, who I thank for the information.

However, my question wasn’t if the care is reasonable or one is lazy for not wanting to spend a few seconds everytime it’s raining to cover it.

i was simply responding to your dismissive tone of anybody who might not want to worry about a part of his/her bike that he/she previously didn’t have to worry about.