Originally Posted by Robert Foster

Like I said different strokes. But what I take is you discovered right away the SMP wasn’t for you? You didn’t have to get the oil from an unborn She Mountain goat and slather it on the saddle and then ride in the sun for no less than 500 days straight with body sweat forming the saddle into some magic cure before you decided it wasn’t for you? I know legitimate cyclists aren’t going to question you on why you decide not to ride a Brooks but the constant mantra Brooks zealots use is they have the special way to break in the saddle so it can fix whatever problem you are having with it. No other saddle group is like that. Not SMP riders anyway.

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Just as an unscientific observation Brooks isn’t very well represented in club rides in our area. I would think there has to be a reason. In my case it was the weight and speculative break in period.

What are saddle you riding now?


There is a great article in Bicycling for September. It is called "Saddle Problems Sloved." The guy tries just about every saddle you can imagine it says there is no perfect saddle for everyone. Not even Brooks.