Wow, Velocipedio! I don't think I have ever heard anyone so vehement about Brooks saddles! I have 4, 2 of which are in regular use, all of which are extremely comfortable. I have a Selle San Marco on my new yellow bike just because it is yellow. It is quite comfortable, but the Brooks more so. In fact, on my recent camping/cycling weekend I put a Brooks Team Pro on that bike because I KNEW it was good for 50+ miles a day and I just didn't know about the SI yet and didn't want to take a chance. I think it will be fine on long rides I just haven't had a chance to do any on that saddle yet and didn't want to chance potentially 3 longish days to an unproven saddle.

The two that are on the sidelines are a B-17 which was just fine until I started to pick up the pace and a "pre softened" Team Pro. Then it was a little wide and got in the way some. The pre softened one was ordered from my LBS who took the liberty of ordering the pre softened version. I didn't know any different. It was actually fine. I just prefer the support of the harder saddle.

Maybe I am just lucky to be able to tolerate different saddle configurations.
Sittin' pretty,
Raymond