Originally Posted by
WNCGoater
This saddle is vulcanized rubber and HARD, with very little flex. I have a Brooks B17 leather on my touring bike. Most would initially think it is hard as there is no padding there. The magic of Brooks leather (after break in) is it "gives" underneath your sit bones as your pelvis rocks with the pedal stroke. So it acts like a shock absorber. I cannot see hard vulcanized rubber getting softer and more supple with age. It's moulded. vulcanized, man made. Why would it change like leather or wear like foam? Hard moulded rubber items are not designed to change. Are they? Maybe I'm wrong.
The vulcanized rubber does flex -- you can see that if you simply press down, hard, on the portion of the saddle where your sit bones would rest. (And bear in mind that it is going to flex MORE under your body weight while you are riding.) However, it seems like it does not flex enough for you, and you are correct that it will not mould to your anatomy -- you will never see those two dimples where your sitbones rest on it that you would see on a broken-in leather saddle.
If you're really concerned about the money, my advice would be to return it while you can and try something different.