Received this product very recently. It's hard to believe that a seat designed a hundred years ago might still be a decent design. But based on the reviews here, I bought one. I put it on my bike and took the first ride. My first impression was" favorable, even though the seat did not "give" much in just one ride, as other reviewers have posted; it takes a number of long rides to break in the saddle. But my impression is that the seat on first ride is at least as comfortable as, and probably more so than, the seat that came with my bike, which was a seat made by Giant and came with a $1,100 Giant bicycle. I have favorable expectations of the Brooks seat, but I will post an update after a couple hundred miles.

I have it 3 stars because I'm not sure what to think about this saddle. I read many many reviews and I understand that it can take hundreds of hours before it even begins to feel comfortable. I honestly just don't feel like I want to wait. The seat can feel so uncomfortable at first, that it's hard to imagine it getting any better. Like I said, even it they say it feels like sitting on a cloud later on, I just don't see it happening for me. Sorry Brooks. Maybe I'll put it back on my bike at some point and try again.

The best compliment one could make about a saddle is that they never think about it. Such is the case with this one. I put it on my bike and have never thought about it since . What I mean is that I no longer feel the need to shift my weight a little this way or that way after the ten mile mark. I no longer notice any soreness or tenderness. It's like breathing. When you are healthy, you don't even realize you are doing it. That's the best way to describe my experience these first three months. I just sit down and ride. My back, on the other hand...I think about that all the time.

As a young woman, I was an avide bike rider. This was before mountain bikes, century rides, charity ride, and I did this all on a 10 speed road bike.. Fast forward 30 years. Life prevented me from ridding like I used to. I was gifted with a bike a few weeks ago after telling numerous people of my plans to support my daughter on her 100 mile run by riiding along the route. I have never been in such pain in my life with that factory seat. Not 1 mile passed without my wanting to get off and give up. Butts are not supposed to hurt like that, so I knew it was the seat. An acquaintance asked what saddle I used before, and I remembered it was a Brooks leather saddle. Well he convinced me that is what I needed. While reviews I have read indicated there is 1000 mile break-in period, for me it has been instant relief. My first ride was 4 miles of pure comfort, and each subsequent one has gotten longer and are equally comfortable. I would recommend this saddle to anyone who plans on logging lots of miles. Don't let the fact that it is hard as rock out of the box fool you, it really is a superb seat!

As a bigger guy ( 5'11" 230lbs ) I ride about 200 miles per week and am always looking to ride longer. I have tried a fair amount of saddles including the super fancy selle italia flite gel flow max which was OK for about a year. After about 3000 miles, it started to hurt more and more despite my weight dropping and extensive seat time. I have always heard these saddles were the most comfortable so I took the risk and IT WAS THE GREATEST CHOICE OF MY LIFE! From the first moment, there was a huge comfort increase. It felt like I was sitting on the sofa. On the first day, I rode it for 30 miles with no padded shorts to help break it in (Which was super comfortable) then the next day I rode 102 miles with padded shorts. The century was the most comfortable I have ever been on a bike and it is getting better. I wish I had bought this in the very beginning instead of looking for the sleek saddles that hurt. I have already gotten multiple compliments on its cools looks and find myself answering other people's questions on how comfortable it is.