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"Suspended": I mean, rather like a hammock, between cantle plate and nose. (There are also foam-covered-with-leather saddles, which are very different.)
I bought a "used" Brooks ... a Team Professional, I think it is. It was in near-new condition but at a lot less than a near-new price. I was pretty certain that it would be uncomfortable, but in one way it promised contrarily to be comfortable -- and anyway I still had a decent income at that time and I was/am stupid, so I gambled.
I've since ridden something in the order of 1000 km on it: certainly more than half that, and certainly less than double that. I thought that some people might be interested to see what the famed "breaking in" of these saddles actually means. So the day before yesterday, I photographed it:
But perhaps you need a more detailed picture of the much-cited impression made by sit-bones. So here you go:
That's after it got rather wet once (I rashly lack mudguards), and after no treatment (or anyway none by me) with "Proofide" or similar, or indeed anything else.
This saddle is very different from your average Brooks saddle: its leather is a lot more substantial. I've no reason to think that a B17, for example, would (not-) wear in a similar way.
(Recommended supplementary reading: this thread.)
I bought a "used" Brooks ... a Team Professional, I think it is. It was in near-new condition but at a lot less than a near-new price. I was pretty certain that it would be uncomfortable, but in one way it promised contrarily to be comfortable -- and anyway I still had a decent income at that time and I was/am stupid, so I gambled.
I've since ridden something in the order of 1000 km on it: certainly more than half that, and certainly less than double that. I thought that some people might be interested to see what the famed "breaking in" of these saddles actually means. So the day before yesterday, I photographed it:
But perhaps you need a more detailed picture of the much-cited impression made by sit-bones. So here you go:
That's after it got rather wet once (I rashly lack mudguards), and after no treatment (or anyway none by me) with "Proofide" or similar, or indeed anything else.
This saddle is very different from your average Brooks saddle: its leather is a lot more substantial. I've no reason to think that a B17, for example, would (not-) wear in a similar way.
(Recommended supplementary reading: this thread.)