I use the Brooks Swift saddle, a lot more expensive then most, BUT then again I tried over a dozen saddles in the last 15 years trying to find a comfortable one to no avail. All the money I spent on modern brick saddles I could have bought one Brooks and had several hundred dollars left over!

Answer this question for me: Would you wear plastic or carbon fiber shoes? Why not? Because your feet would rebel in pain. That goes the same with your butt; your asking your butt to do something that you wouldn't ask your feet to do, so of course your going to be in pain. As with shoes, your saddle needs to be able to break into your but, and like shoes, that's going to mean going to solid leather.