Originally Posted by
Big Paulie
http://www.rivbike.com/products/list...and_seat_posts
Selle An Atomica. Bottom right. Best saddle ever, and I weigh the same as you. I've had three Brooks, and the SAA is vastly surperior. No break in period whatseoever, and you can fine tune the shape of the saddle because of the combination of the tightening screw and the cutout. Brooks has the screw, but it's more of a stop gap measure when the saddle gets old and saggy.
Also, the SAA is much less suseptible to rain damage, as it's laminated, rather than a single sheet of leather.
How long have these things been around and how do they hold up over years and decades of use? I keep hearing glowing testimonials by recent converts, but I have yet to read anything about long term durability to allay my natural skepticism about how long a saddle will last with its middle cut out.