Originally Posted by
George
How would you like to be 300 miles from nowhere and have this happen and the bolt was never touched.
Having any critical component fail 300miles from nowhere would suck, but I've seen plastic saddles fail as well - not to mention bars, tires, seatposts, rims, etc.. Unless Brooks saddles are failing in large numbers it isn't something I'd worry too much about.
Even if you go to the trouble of building a very robust touring bike with heavy duty parts you can still have an accident [crash, be hit by a car, etc..] that will leave your bike unusable until you get replacements.
Unless you plan on carrying a whole spare bike you just have to accept that on tour sh*t can and does happen.