Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Saddle rail failures on Brooks are fairly common. A friend loaned me a Brooks Pro to try out. It had a broken rail. The only rail I've seen fail catastrophically on a ride was on a Brooks, a B17 IIRC. What other brands have people broken?
San Marco, Avocet, and others including one I paid $200 for but can't remember the name. I still have it somewhere.
When I broke the San Marco I went to the LBS and saw it but I really didn't want to spend $200. He told me to take it home and put it on my bike and see how it felt. I decided to risk taking it on a ride and was worried he might not take it back but it turned out I really liked it. It's a good thing, too, because it rained on the ride and the grit thrown up by the wheel ground the logos off of the saddle.