I prefer leather saddles and have ridden them since the '60s when I got an Ideale for my schwinn 3 speed which took me thru college. Later on returning from SE Asia I had a fuji leathe saddle on a Fuji 10 speed. I tried various unicanitor saddles on my Nishiki Pro when I was racing in the early to mid '70s but switched to Ideale for touring. I rode that saddle through to the '90s and into the early 2000s when I had to stop ridding.
My beater bikes usually had whatever I had laying around. I currently have a B17 on my both my Sam and my Xtracycle, and a B5N on my Pugsley. I've had no problems with ridding leather even on muli thousand mile tours. I think wearing wool cycling shorts with real chamois (no diaper padding) must have toughened my butt up. I like hardness because it makes me feel more connected with my bike. While my first choice will always be a leather saddle I'm not that picky, I generally will ride whatever is available. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
