Brooks factory tour

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My B17 regular was comfy from the start and has just comfier as time goes on, as already mentioned am happy wearing it with no padded shorts.
My B17 narrow was horrible for the first 200 miles or so but is now lovely and comfy, is better on my drop bar bike, less rubbing on my inside leg - the regular is better on more upright hardtail

 

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Just to add I have used other saddles, the cheap but popular Charge Spoon, and relatively expensive Fizik saddles and still use Whytes own branded on my full suspension mtb.
All these saddles are ok up to about 30 mile rides with decent padded shorts. It's the longer rides where I have to use Brooks saddle or it will be an unpleasant experience. With the Brooks 100 mile ride is OK, with the B17 narrow I have done a 250 mile mainly off road route over 3 consecutive days and all was fine down below