Help choosing a Brooks

[mimitabby]

Sky
when I'm on the bike and i'm riding i don't worry about the saddle. If i go into a restaurant when it's raining i cover the saddle in the handy plastic bag I always carry for times like that. Also for transporting the bike in the rain; i always have that plastic bag. Don't waste your money on that brooks saddle cover; water goes RIGHT THROUGH it.

Your saddle might suffer if you do really long rides in the rain. My DH has ruined two brooks saddles already; he does 200 k's and 24 hour rides...

[dex]

I do the plastic bag thing too, and it seems to work just fine. The bonus being that plastic bags are cheap (free!) and way portable. Of course, I've only had my Brooks saddles (and my bikes) since this past spring, so I haven't gone through a full rainy winter yet.

[skyhand]

cool, plastic bags are so handy — good for other things besides groceries and dog doo! i'll keep one handy.

i did buy the waterproof saddle cover from Wallingford (not the Brooks one) though. had i thought about it i wouldn't've bothered and just used a plastic bag! doh!

[KnottedYet]

I use a heavy plastic bag (one for each Brooks) and broccoli rubber bands. (y'know, the thick blue ones around bunches of broccoli) When I'm on the bike, I don't worry about the wet. But I proofhide the bejeebers out of the top and bottom of my Brooks saddles, so i'm hoping they're well protected while I ride. And there's also my butt protecting the topsides...

I also use the broccoli bands as "parking brakes."

They work great!

[skyhand]

broccoli bands? holy MacGyver, Batman! that's resourceful! nice, i'll remember that. they're pretty strong too.