Originally Posted by
tpelle
Funny thing, though. I just looked through pages and pages of pics of mountain bikes in the pics thread, and I saw nary a Brooks saddle. With the popularity of Brooks saddles on road and touring bikes, why don't more of the mountain bikers go that way?
The fact that Brooks costs more, weighs more, and requires more maintenance/fussing than a typical mtb saddle probably has something to do with it.
You can get a DMR Dirt saddle at jenson usa that weighs 80 grams less than a Brooks B17 and costs 71 cents more than a can of proofide.