While many people are dedicated to their Brooks, others find them painful, limiting, unworkable. Like me. Yet Brooks have become almost an icon for sensible riding, for being authenticated by generations of riders for their timeless perfection, etc. etc. So, when George or somebody finds they don't fit his particular needs, they keep plugging on through pain or a bad position to unlock the secret of the immaculate Brooks Saddle.

People...There is no one piece of bike gear that is appropriate for Everyone. You are not inadequate if your Brooks is, dare I say it, a pain in your a**. I traded my Brooks, after a year on it, to another BF'er who, I believe, passed it off to his girlfriend. She later dumped him and used the Brooks as a door prop. Or something.