Originally Posted by
Hermes
No one I ride with nor do a see any Brooks on club rides. I do see a few on bikes.
I tried two versions of the SMP - "lighter" one and the most padded. The more padded one weighed about 330 gm and was okay for a short time. It did not knock my socks off and at that weight, not a value proposition for me.
I ride the "total" Fred Bontrager lux that came with my Madone on the tandem, road and TT bikes. On the track bike I use a Fizik Alliante. The most feared man on the earth, my urologist, suggested that I get a saddle with hole in it. So I am trying different ones with more gel plus hole.
I like the Fizik and with PI pro bib shorts can use it for 40 to 50 miles with no problem. However, with my Voler team kit, it is too hard for me - boney sit bones.
I think the seat to bar drop has a lot to do with which saddle will work as well as good old fashioned genetics that determine ones structure and tolerance to different saddles.
You response is a bit what I experience. And it is pretty much what conclusion September’s Bicycling Magazine made. In fact your saddle choice is the same as the author came up with. My Strike Glider weighs in at 260 grams and is considered a heavy saddle. Like you my doctor suggested I consider a saddle with a cut out. He isn’t a cyclist but he is a runner and one of his nurses is a Tri-athlete. But I digress. My observations are pretty much the same as your any I am the type that questions why