If you have a Brooks saddle, don’t let the leather dry out so much that this happens:
Ten km into my ride this morning it just fell apart. It could have been very painful, but it was just really annoying. I turned around and very gingerly rode home on the back half.
Now I have a nice new Brooks saddle, thanks to ilan and his crew at Bikes on the Drive. He has my old saddle, which he’s going to hang on the wall as a warning to those who would neglect their maintenance.
As for me, I probably have a month or so of breaking in ahead of me - new saddle to old butt, old butt to new saddle. This will call for liberal applications of Proofide and maybe some extra padding in my shorts.
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