Very happy with my 2 new Brooks saddles. :-D

Saddle #1: B.67S for my Trek 7100 Hybrid. I got the bike (used) a couple of months ago after my first ride in 6 years on my old Viscount road bike was so uncomfortable. The saddle it came with was comfortable for around the block, but was too narrow and I didn't like the rotational play in the suspension seatpost. The Brooks was comfortable from the outset. I've had to adjust the seat height a couple of times as it's broken in, and I think I may need to tighten the saddle screw a hair. My poor butt had been sore for two weeks following that initial 10-11 mile ride on the Viscount, but I was able to ride 14 miles (and later 15 miles, and 22 miles) on the Trek with the Brooks with no pain at all to speak of.

I've got one spot on the left where the edge of my underwear rides up and makes a lump (it does that annoyingly even off the bike, if I just wear snug-ish jeans), but as soon as I get off the bike, that discomfort disappears.

Saddle #2: B.17S to replace the 29-year-old Avocet Racing W-II on my 29-year-old Viscount Gran Sport. Wow, what a difference. I don't know if it's really just the saddle, or if it's also partly the fact that now I've done some riding with the other bike so I'm a little bit stronger, plus my first ride was significantly slower - hence less weight on the pedals and more on the butt for that first ride. The b.17S is a good bit harder out of the box than the b.67S, and slipperier (the b.67S has a texture to it), but one dose of Proofide solved the slipperiness, and either the Proofide or the previous two 2-mile rides or my slightly improved condition or simply the length of the ride meant that on my real test ride yesterday (12 miles), it wasn't too hard at all. It felt great!

Rebeccah